Inside-Out Spaghetti Pie

Inside-Out Spaghetti Pie

Ingredients :
1 5oz can evaporated milk
1/2 cup fine dry bread crumbs
1 small onion chopped (1/3 cup)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning, crushed
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1lb ground beef ( I used .6lb ground turkey)
4 oz dried spaghetti
1 tablespoon butter
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 8-oz can pizza sauce (I just used jarred pasta sauce)
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

1) Preheat oven to 350*

2) in a large bowl combine evaporated milk, bread crumbs, onion, salt, Italian seasoning, and pepper. Add ground meat (uncooked) mix well.

3) lightly press mixture evenly onto the bottom and up the sides of an un-greased 9inch pie plate. Bake, uncovered for about 30 minutes or until done (160*F) Carefully tilt dish and drain off fat into a heat proof container.

4) meanwhile, cook spaghetti according to package directions. drain. Return to pain. Stir in butter until melted. Stir in egg and Parmesan cheese until spaghetti is coated

5) spread half the pizza sauce over meat mixture. Top with 1/2 cup of the mozzarella cheese and the spaghetti mixture. Top with remaining pizza sauce and the remaining 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese

6) bake, uncovered, for about 20 minutes or until heated through.

7) let stand for 15 minutes before serving.

(this is the only picture I took. It was so yummy)

Makes 6 servings
373 calories, 17 g fat, 110 mg cholesterol, 1078 mg sodium, 28 g carbs, 2g fiber, 26g protein

Chili Beef Pie w/ Biscuit Crust

Now after a slight failure with the last recipe I used that called for biscuits, I was a little worried about trying this one. but the recipe just looked so good.

Ingredients
(this may look like a long list, but its really not. You should have most of this stuff in your spice cabinet)
1 lb lean ground beef (I used 1.25 lbs turkey, because that's the size of the package)
1 medium onion, chopped (approx. 1/2 cup) (I used red onion)
1 small sweet green pepper, coarsely chopped (approx. 1/2 cup)
1 15oz can of chili beans in chili gravy, undrained (I used plain turkey chili)
1 8 oz can - tomato sauce
1 6 oz can - tomato paste
1 tablespoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon bottled hot pepper sauce
1 12 oz can refrigerated biscuits
1 8 oz carton sour cream
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
2 cups corn chips, coarsely crushed
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
chopped green onion


Step 1)
Preheat oven to 375

In a large skillet cook ground meat, onion and sweet pepper over medium heat until meat is cooked and the onion is tender.

drain off fat

stir in beans, tomato sauce, tomato paste, chili powder, cumin, and hot pepper sauce.
Bring to boiling
reduce heat
simmer uncovered for 5 min, stirring frequently

Step 2)
Meanwhile lightly grease a 9 or 10 inch deep dish pie plate .

For the crust unwrap and separate biscuits. press biscuits onto the bottom and up the side of the prepared pie plate. (Make sure the biscuits go all the way up the side and over the top if you can.)

Spoon meat mixture into crust

in a small bowl combine sour cream and flour (I added some extra hot pepper sauce to my mixture). Spread over meat mixture

sprinkle chips and cheese over the top.

Step 3)

Place pie plate on baking sheet.
bake uncovered for approx 30 min. or untill mixture is heated through and crust is golden.

let stand for 10 min before serving, sprinkle with green onions.


makes approx. 8 servings.


I really wish I had pictures of this one. It was so SO good.

Seriously make this people!
I just used the standard grands reduced fat biscuits. and it was really good.

It reheats only slightly soggy, but was still really good the next day for lunch.
I crunched up more chips on mine, but i have a squishy spot for corn chips.