Baked Parmesan Spaghetti.
Beneath the peanut butter cups, bacon cupcakes and jelly beans, I found the desire to make this baked spaghetti.
It was a miracle really.
But I wanted to make you dinner. Yes, you over there… on the other side of that screen.
See, I don’t really love spaghetti, but most people do. It’s the whole tomato sauce thing that I’m not so keen on. But you most likely love crushed tomatoes pureed into oblivion with garlic and spices. Am I right or am I right?
If you don’t, you’re gonna have to do some pretending. Since youre coming for dinner and all.
I’ll make sure to have other delicious things on the table too.
Like toasty garlic bread that is glistening with melted butter and freshly grated parmesan cheese.
And wine. Do you like red or white?
And maybe even rum.
I like to mix it up.
And salad. Lots of salad. Mainly because I won’t be eating any of it. I made it for you. Just for you.
See? I like you.
I really like you.
Baked Parmesan Spaghetti
Ingredients
- 3/4 pound whole wheat spaghetti
- 1/2 onion, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 1/4 pounds ground beef, I used 93% lean
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 10-12 fresh basil leaves, chopped
- 2 cups of your favorite pasta sauce
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prep water to boil for pasta. I cooked a spaghetti with a 10-minute cooking time for 7 minutes since it was going in the oven.
- Heat a skillet on medium heat and add olive oil. Add onions with a sprinkle of salt and pepper and saute until soft, about 5-6 minutes. Add garlic and stir for another minute. Season ground beef with the teaspoon of salt and pepper and add to skillet. Break apart with a wooden spoon and brown on both sides. This should only take about 5-6 minutes.
- Stir in one cup of pasta sauce and half of the chopped fresh basil. Mix to combine, then add in pasta and toss. Spray a 9×13 baking dish (or baking dish of your choice, I used an 8-inch round, 4-inch deep dish) with non-stick spray. Add half of the spaghetti mixture to the dish, then top with 1/2 cup tomato sauce and half of each cheese. Add the remaining spaghetti and top with the rest of the sauce and cheese. Bake for 20 minutes, or until cheese is golden brown and bubbly.
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169 Comments on “Baked Parmesan Spaghetti.”
Jessica these photos are absolutely gorgeous! Love the backgrounds and love the angles and the lighting and I just love them!
Also, PB would love this dish. Come over and make it for him?
Thanks girl! And I’d love to come over. :)
5th photo = UHmazing! Love the fork shot too!
Thanks friend!
I’ve never thought of making a baked spaghetti dish like this before! Yum. :)
No but really. I’m so very in love with this meal. It screams Italia to me. Sweet sweet Italia :)
Hello :) This looks great—another one I’m saving!
Mmmm. This seems like a perfect dinner! Especially the garlic bread part!
White wine please. And then red wine. :)
I think this dish needs to be made in my house this week.
Looks hearty, gorgeous and delicious!
Such a lovely and different take on a spaghetti bolognese or a lasagna!
Both my daughter and step-son abhor red sauce – their pasta is with butter and fresh shaved parmesan – and none of that delicious green basil – where did I go wrong with them?
Maybe I’ll send them to your house – for dessert! :D
sooo can I come for dinner?
This reminds me of a spaghetti pie my mom used to make when I was younger. I haven’t had it in years! I love baked pasta. I think spaghetti gets forgotten about when it comes to baked dishes. This looks really fun…like a lasagna you can swirl…
That melted/broiled/bubbly/brown cheese is going to keep me up at night, I just know it. So I guess I better just make this already, huh? ;)
I LOVE that little crock that you baked it in!
OMG can I come over for dinner?! That cheese looks so amazing! We are having friends over for dinner tonight and I think you just gave me a great idea of what to serve! Thank you!!
I love spaghetti and I love red wine! This dinner sounds perfect for me. I’ll also have some of that salad you’re giving away. You see? This is why I come to your site every day…you’re always thinking of others, lol.
I’m not a tomato sauce fan either, but if you’re making me dinner…then I suppose I’ll eat everything on my plate. :) Baked pastas make the world go ’round, after all.
I LOVE spaghetti. You know what I love even more? Reheated spaghetti.
I am so weird.
Thanks so much for the invite ~ I’ll take a glass of red please ;-)
This baked spaghetti looks awesome!! Spaghetti baked with lotsa cheese – yes please!!
I never follow that rule, either. :-) But this looks delicious, so I’d probably eat it before dessert, anyway.
I could live on Italian food :) My mom has always made it (she is Italian) and to me there is nothing better. I love your idea for this dish! I can’t wait to try it!
Mmmm so good! once I also tried one-pot spaghetti and that was heavenly too!
My mom does something similar, she makes a spaghetti pie. She presses nearly al dente noodles into a pie dish, then tosses it in the oven crisp a bit, then she addes the saucy insides, cheese on top (naturally) and then broils for a minute. Word.
(then she slices it like pie and serves it up to us steaming hot.)
Good thing the craving stuck for baked spaghetti — b/c this baby looks gorgeous! and delish of course =) that goes without saying <3
Hey, whole wheat spaghetti. This is practically health food. Right??? ;)
I love anything covered with cheese :) This looks great!
i made a recipe like this years ago, i think it was from martha. it was tasty of course, but the cool part was that you baked it in a springform pan and then slice it like a cake. of course i topped it with extra tomato sauce! it looked like cake with whipped cream!
how do you make even spaghetti look so delicious!!
anyway, baked spaghetti is the best! somehow it’s so much better than the regular kind. must be the cheese!
The sauce is the BEST part! The chunkier, the better, yum! This looks amazing!
Aww, thanks for inviting me to dinner! This looks delicious and right up my alley. :-)
Now where’s the dessert? ;-)
How ridiculously delicious is this? Whoa. I need to make this.
Baked spaghetti! Can you believe that I have never tried this? I didn’t even know it existed! Aaaand I just got really excited because I have all of the ingredients for this. *yes*
I love your recipe for Baked Spaghetti! This might be my next dinner. Thanks!
Can you just come over to my house and cook me dinner every single night? My goodness that looks phenomenal and beats my hummus & cabbage that I just ate!
Would love to! :)
The second picture of the melty cheese look amazinggg!
Looks good- I love pasta but don’t do a lot of red sauce either. I absolutly love that you throw in the occasional “real food” recipe, although the sweets are really what get me coming back :)
I have been craving spaghetti like crazy. I made some the other day…but after seeing this, I may have to make some more!
such beautiful photos!!
Does this ever look good (and easy)! What a comforting fish.
This looks like a perfect dinner to me.
Thanks for making me dinner :) I’ve never baked spaghetti before…I like the idea though! (And the cheesy bread on the side!)
FINALLY! Someone who understands how I feel about spaghetti. I am not a fan either, and for exactly the same reason as you…tomato sauce. I can handle it on pizza, but not on pasta! The strange thing is, I like raw tomatoes and sun dried tomatoes, and even ketchup is okay…I just don’t like tomato sauce. BUT, my husband loves spaghetti and so I make it…occasionally. ;-)
That said, your baked spaghetti actually looks like a dish I would love! Seriously, GORGEOUS!
Thank you Tasha!
You are hysterical! I love your blog. I want to EAT that right now!
Thank you so much!!
thank you so much for making this for me last night! It was absolutely delicious!!
I served it to my family last night and it was a total hit!! We will be making it again..very soon!!
Great!
Your baked spaghetti looks awesome – love it in those single serve baking dishes. xo
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Holy moley. This looks SO FREAKING delicious!!! And what a way to control portion sizes, by serving in single dishes! I’d still eat more, but what a cute idea!
The little white serving dish with the handle, where did you get it? It is too precious, also, the recipe looks delish :)
Sur la Table! :)
Tried this last night, delish!
I’ve been itching to make this recipe ever since I saw it posted a few weeks ago. I finally had the chance to make it last night and oh boy. I’m not a big baked spaghetti fan, but the pictures wowed me enough to give this a try and I’m glad that I did. It was fantastic. We had seconds. I brought it in for lunch and maybe, I’ll have it for dinner too. Thanks!
So glad you liked it! :)
Made this tonight, it was delicious! I only had 1 lb ground beef and no fresh basil, but it was still super tasty. Mine was not as saucy looking as yours (I used a whole jar of Rao’s marinara- not the HUGE jar) but probably good because my kids were messy enough as it was! Thanks for this, it will be made again for sure.