Bird's Spaghetti Nest

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 8 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese
• 2 ounces parmesan cheese, shredded
• 1/2 cup light sour cream
• 1 egg
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1/2 green pepper, chopped
• 1 tablespoon italian seasoning
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/4 cup tomato paste
• 1/2 cup tomato sauce
• 1/4 cup ketchup
• 8 ounces spaghetti

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f in a large bowl, mix cheeses, sour cream, and egg together. set aside.
• 2 sauté beef in a large skillet with the onion, green pepper, italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. when beef is cooked thorough, add remaining beef ingredients.
• 3 cook spaghetti till done, drain in strainer, then pour into cheese mixture while hot. chop the pasta cheese mixture using a spatula or other sharp edged utensil, while stirring and mixing well and place into a lightly greased bundt pan or jumbo muffin tins (better).
• 4 when beef mixture is done, pour it over the pasta/cheese mixture and bake for 25-30 minutes.
• 5 allow to cool about 5 minutes, then flip over onto a serving platter for the bundt pan, onto the counter for muffin tins, then use a spatula to transfer to plates.
• 6 i like using the jumbo muffin tins, then putting the extra into a casserole dish for left-overs.