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Cheese-A-Roni Bake
Bright layers of spaghetti sauce, cheese, and macaroni cook together for one hour in the oven to make a hot meal.
Bright layers of spaghetti sauce, cheese, and macaroni cook together for one hour in the oven to make a hot meal.
Ingredients
- 24 tbsp Spaghetti sauce, meatless, low-sodium
- 1/2 cup Water
- 6 tbsp Cottage cheese, fat-free
- 1 piece(s) Egg, slightly beaten
- 1/2 tsp Oregano
- 1 cup Dry macaroni
- 4 tbsp Mozzarella cheese, part skim, shredded
Instructions
- In a bowl combine sauce and water.
- In another bowl combine cottage cheese, egg and oregano.
- Grease 1 quart casserole.
- Spoon in 1/3 sauce.
- Layer with 1/2 cup macaroni, 1/2 cottage cheese mixture, 1/2 mozzarella cheese and 1/3 of the spaghetti sauce.
- Repeat layers one more time.
- Cover with aluminum foil.
- Bake in a 350 °F oven for 45 minutes.
- Uncover and bake 15 minutes longer.
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