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Healthy Spaghetti Recipes
This Easy Spaghetti Pie Freezes Well and Tastes Delicious
Healthy spaghetti recipes like this spaghetti pie recipe are healthy recipes that feel like an indulgence.
The great thing about this recipe is that it has a rich taste, yet is as healthy as it is delicious.
It can be made completely from items you have in bulk.
The "meat" in this dish can either be ground beef or beef-flavored TVP.
The seasonings give this dish an Italian sausage flavor without the fat.
I always use tomato powder
in my recipe, but you can use canned tomato paste, if you prefer. Either will work well.
Also, while you can use sour cream in this recipe, a far better choice is a far healthier almond spread.
Healthy spaghetti recipes like this spaghetti pie recipe is one of my family's favorites. Delicious!
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Spaghetti Pie Ingredients
- 16 oz. of spaghetti
- 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese
- 1 egg
- 1 Tablespoon butter or margarine
- 1 small onion or 1/2 of a large onion, chopped
- 1/2 cup sour cream or almond spread
- 1/2 cup beef-flavored TVP or 1 pound ground beef
- 1 Tables. olive oil - if you're using TVP
- 1/8 teas. black pepper
- 1/2 teas. salt (or more, for taste)
- 1/4 teas. powdered marjoram
- 1/4 teas. powdered thyme
- 1/4 teas. powdered sage
- 1/4 teas. savory seasoning
- 1 Tables. tomato powder
or 1 6 oz. can tomato paste
- 1/2 to 1 cup of water
- About 1/2 cup or a handfull of grated cheese
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Healthy Spaghetti Recipes
One Dish, Three Parts
Preheat your oven to 300 degrees and grease your pie pan or casserole dish.
If you are using TVP for your healthy spaghetti recipes, you will need to refresh it for about ten minutes before preparing this dish.
By refresh, I mean add water. I usually put the TVP in a cup and add enough water to cover the TVP.
Once all the water is absorbed, then we're ready to start cooking.
To make healthy spaghetti recipes like this spaghetti pie, you'll be working on three parts at once: The pie shell, the "sour cream" topping and the final "meat" topping.
You'll need two pots and a skillet on your stove at the same time.
In the largest pot (I use a 3 quart-size for this), bring water to boil. Break your spaghetti in half and boil it for about 7-8 minutes.
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When the spaghetti is tender, drain it and add the egg and Parmesan cheese. Mix well.
Meanwhile - in the second pot (for this I use my 2 quart-size), I melt the butter or margarine and saute the onion until it is soft, about three minutes.
Add the sour cream or almond spread and then remove from heat.
And finally, in the skillet, brown the ground beef if you're using that.
If you're using TVP, heat the olive oil in the skillet and add the refreshed TVP.
Whether using ground beef or TVP, you will need to add the water gradually. Also add pepper, salt, marjoram, thyme, sage and savory.
Add the tomato powder or the canned tomato paste. Keep adding the water until it makes a thick sauce.
Healthy Spaghetti Recipes
Putting It All Together
Put the spaghetti/Parmesan cheese mixture in the bottom of your pan. This is your "pie shell".
Next, add the sour cream mixture, and finally, add the beef/TVP mixture on top.
Top it off with a little grated cheese of your choice.
Bake for 30 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly. Healthy spaghetti recipes like this spaghetti pie serves six.
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