Who didn’t develop up on spaghetti? It’s a childhood basic. Now that we’re grown with our personal kitchen, we perceive why our mother and father liked it a lot: it’s straightforward to make, filling, and scrumptious! We took our excellent pasta with sauce recipe and turned it into this superb casserole — it’s a simple baked spaghetti dish that the entire household will love!
Spherical out your straightforward weeknight meal with a easy facet salad and seize a loaf of bread from the bakery so you’ll be able to whip up a few of our superb garlic bread.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Canned (preserved) tomatoes are used rather than ready jarred sauces for max taste.
- half-hour is all that’s required to place this collectively.
- Can simply be made forward so it’s able to bake the subsequent day or freeze for later use.

Baked spaghetti is a superbly scrumptious tacky and meaty pasta dish — turned casserole! It’s the final word fast and straightforward meal that may even be prepped upfront. Baking it includes loading on a bunch of yummy Parmesan and mozzarella which makes the entire thing ooey and gooey with cheese.
Meat Choices
We add floor beef to make this recipe even heartier. You can too use:
- Italian sausage
- Floor rooster
- Floor turkey
- Plant-based floor meat substitute
Don’t be afraid to experiment and make this pasta essential dish recipe your individual!

Freezing and Make-Forward Directions
To make this dish forward of time, comply with the recipe as instructed. As an alternative of baking, merely cowl it with plastic wrap and place it within the fridge for as much as 24 hours. When prepared, take away the plastic wrap and proceed with baking as directed within the unique recipe.
To freeze, absolutely meeting the casserole and canopy the pan effectively with plastic wrap or an hermetic lid and place it within the freezer. It’s possible you’ll think about using an aluminum baking dish because it makes storing it simpler. It should preserve frozen for as much as 3 months. Let it thaw within the fridge in a single day, then comply with the baking directions as directed within the unique recipe.
Storage and Reheating Directions
Retailer your leftover tacky baked spaghetti within the fridge in an hermetic container. Once more, it is going to preserve for 3-4 days. Observe the instructions above to reheat it! You can too reheat single parts within the microwave at 30-second increments till it’s heated via.