I’ve mastered this fantastic grill teaser to a T! You’ll adore them! Suitable with a beer!
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 16 ounces pasta
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach
- ½ cup bread crumbs
- 2 eggs, beaten
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- ½ cup chopped onion
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
- 1 (16 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce
Instructions
- In a medium pot cook pasta in boiling salted water until al dente. Drain well.
- Cook spinach according to package directions.
- Meanwhile, brown ground beef, chopped onion, and minced garlic in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in tomato sauce, tomato paste, and pasta sauce. Simmer for 10 minutes.
- Combine cooked spinach, cooked pasta, bread crumbs, shredded cheese, beaten eggs, and olive oil.
- Spread spinach mixture evenly into the bottom of a 9×13 inch baking dish. Top with meat mixture.
- Bake in a preheated 350 degree F oven (175 degree C) for 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 545 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 52 g |
| Cholesterol | 142 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 6 g |
| Protein | 26 g |
| Saturated Fat | 9 g |
| Sodium | 780 mg |
| Sugars | 10 g |
| Fat | 26 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Don’t bother cooking the frozen spinach. Save on dishes and use the boiling pot as a mixing bowl. After the pasta is strained and cools a bit, sprinkle in the frozen spinach and add the cheese, egg, oil and bread crumbs. Place this pasta base in a greased pan, covering with enough meat sauce to cover all of the pasta. Meat sauce is better if it’s more saucy than meaty. I like to mix it up with Presto, Ragu, and crushed or petite diced tomatoes. This makes a nice casserole for new mothers.
It was easy to make
Good
Awesome recipe. Friends and family really enjoyed this recipe. Would be great recipe to cook for a firefighter meal. However would only feed 3-4 firefighters. Great comfort food and easy to make. Would only cook for 25 minutes, instead of 30 minutes.
Awesome but I improvised. No chili sauce so I used pasta sauce and chili powder, and Magi instead of Worcestershire.
No changes! And hubby loved it and wants it again. May become staple meal
Yes, it was good, but it came out a little too thick. I added some more spaghetti sauce and that worked fine
Not a quick meal to make so I probably won’t make it often but it was good!
Simple and delicious. My husband and I really enjoyed this recipe! I did use a full large jar of spaghetti sauce it was just perfect not too runny!
This recipe is kind of confusing and unnecessary. It is not as good as lasagna, not as easy as spaghetti.
This is a family favorite every time! Never leftovers!
Very bland. Very dry.
We loved it! I did make changes per reviews. Defrost spinach in microwave, did not cook but drain. Use 4-5 cloves minced garlic and 1 large onion when browning meat. Use 26 oz pasta sauce. Add 1 c cottage cheese to spinach mixture w/1/4 tsp garlic, pepper salt. Use 1-11/2 c mozzarella cheese in spinach mix. After baking covered for 20 minutes sprinkle w/1 c mozzarella cheese and bake for an additional 10-15 minutes. Makes a lot but very good as leftovers.
Wonderful! I can see making it with zucchini instead of beef for a healthier option. Two year old grandson is a BIG fan
This is really good. I would add another 1/2 lb. of ground beef to it. My husband and my son really liked this.
This was yummy!! A new family favorite!! I used vegetable pasta to reduce the cards, added Italian sausage for flavor, and sautéed spinach to add vitamins. It was lovely!!
I used bow tie pasta and it was great! I substituted a large Prego with mushroom sauce for the paste, sauce and tomato’s. Also , I used a cup of shredded Mexican cheese instead of cheddar, and added some Parmesan on top. Mmmm good!
Disappointingly bland, given the ingredients. It needs to be heavily doctored up in order to be more palatable. Therefore, the recipe as it is written is a failure.
If I ever make this again, I would cut the amount of pasta in half.
Followed recipe EXACTLY as written and my family of 6 LOVED this recipe!! wouldn’t change anything. Thank you for this delicious recipe!
I doubled the recipe, left out the olive oil and used ricotta cheese and shredded mozzarella, also I did not use the tomato paste, I just used two jars of pasta sauce. This was so good and so easy to make. Even my two youngest kids, who currently have strep and the flu right now and have no appetite, enjoyed this! I will be making it again. Oh and I did what another review did- I did not cook the spinach, I let it thaw and mixed it in. Delicious!