Kid Pleasing Spaghetti Food

KID-PLEASING SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• In a skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in spaghetti sauce. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in spaghetti; set aside. , In a saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour and salt until smooth. Gradually add milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat. Stir in 3/4 cup cheddar cheese and Parmesan cheese until melted. , Place half of the spaghetti mixture in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Top with cheese sauce and the remaining spaghetti mixture. Sprinkle with remaining cheddar cheese. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30 minutes or until heated through.

EASY KID-PLEASING SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan.
• In another large pot, boil water for spaghetti. When it comes to a rolling boil, add spaghetti and salt, and leave for approx 12 minutes.
• Once the pan is hot, add the beef. Let it sear on both sides before breaking it up, this seals in more flavour.
• Once beef is browned, drain excess fat from the pan, add the onion and garlic, and cook for another 3 minutes.
• Add tomato sauce, sugar, oregano, basil, salt and pepper. Bring to the boil.
• Reduce heat to low, and let simmer for another 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Keep seasoning to taste.
• Drain spaghetti, and rinse excess starch off it.
• Mix spaghetti and sauce together.
• Serve and enjoy with a hot slice of garlic cheese bread.

KID PLEASING CHICKEN & SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• 1. Before giving the original directions, let me give you my updated directions...SIMPLIFY!!! I buy the LARGE canned chicken breast at Sam's Club for my chicken! I also buy chopped, frozen peppers and onion. I really like to get the 3 pepper blend (green, yellow and red peppers) with onion and only chop the fresh celery. You could also get the "seasoning blend" that has green pepper, onion and celery all mixed. I just like the extra color of the yellow and red! I also cook the spaghetti in chicken broth instead of water. My family loves cheese and I usually get a cheese blend of shredded cheese for the top. The Mexican jalapeno blend adds just a little "kick" to the dish!
• 2. If you are going with the original recipe, boil the chicken in a large pot until cooked through. Remove chicken from pot (reserve stock to cook spaghetti in, if desired). Cool chicken then remove skin and bones. Chop meat.
• 3. Chop all veggies. Place in large pan and sautee in butter until tender and onions are transparent.
• 4. Stir cream of chicken and cream of mushroom soup into vegetables, mixing well.
• 5. While veggies are sauteeing, cook spaghetti according to package direction, using chicken stock if desired in place of water.
• 6. When veggies are done, stir in chicken, making sure it is well distributed throughout the vegetables.
• 7. Drain the cooked spaghetti and mix well into chicken/veggies.
• 8. Pour enite mixture into a buttered 11x17 casserole dish. Top with grated cheese. Bake at 350 degrees until cheese melts and dish is thoroughly heated through.

PIZZA CASSEROLE - EASY AND KID-PLEASING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350.
• Cook noodles according to package directions. Drain and reserve.
• Meanwhile, cook ground beef, onion, and garlic over medium high heat for 6 minutes or until beef is no longer pink. Drain off excess liquid. Stir in oregano, salt, soup, 1/3 c water, and noodles. Remove from heat and add half the cheese. Spoon into 11x7 baking dish and sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top. Bake for 25-30 minutes until bubbly.
• Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes before serving.
• Note: since making this more often I tend to use Penzey's Pizza Seasoning instead of the spices, use extra cheese, and double all but the meat to freeze casseroles that are less "meaty.".