INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

The Cook & Kitchen staff have a little pasta in mind for dinner tonight,
and it's coming your way as a one-dish meal from our "Creative Casserole"
collection.
Oops, did we say a little pasta? This one-dish meal could nearly serve a
soccer team. The recipe states that it serves eight, but we've had
leftovers in the fridge from a group of ten... And they were hungry.
Perhaps they were just saving room for the cannoli and coffee, but we
thought that was an idle, post-dinner rumor. Prepare and enjoy!
Brown ground beef, chopped onion, and minced garlic in a large skillet over
medium heat. Drain excess fat, if necessary, and reserve.
Cook chopped spinach as directed on the package; drain, and reserve the
liquid. Add enough water to the reserved spinach water to make 1 cup.
Combine spinach liquid with the spaghetti sauce, tomato sauce, tomato
paste, and salt and pepper, and add to the browned meat and vegetables.
Simmer for about 10 minutes to thoroughly combine meat with the sauces.
Meanwhile, cook the elbow or shell macaroni as directed on the package,
drain, and reserve. Combine the cooked spinach with the macaroni in a large
mixing bowl. Add cheese, bread crumbs, eggs, and oil to the spinach and
macaroni, stirring from the bottom to combine all ingredients.
Spread the macaroni mixture into a 9-inch by 13-inch oven-proof baking
dish. Cover with the meat sauce, and bake in a pre-heated 350-F degree oven
for about a half an hour.
This hearty one-dish meal goes perfectly with a leafy green salad and
garlic toast.
Posted to dailyrecipe@recipe-a-day.com by Recipe-a-Day
<recipe-a-day@bignetwork.com> on Sep 24, 1998, converted by MM_Buster
v2.0l.

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