♥ Spaghetti Pie...

Last night we had the missionaries for dinner and so I made Spaghetti Pie with green salad and garlic bread. It was really good. My picture isn't the best though. I should have taken the pictures when it was still HOT but I was in a rush to finish everything before they got here. For those that don't know. Missionaries for our church are usually young men and women. For the guys they usually go out at the age of 19 and for the girls they usually go out at the age of 21. They pay for their mission with their own money or their parent help out. So we all take turns feeding them to help out! My kids love it when they get to come over. Eliza was flirting! Holy cow the girl wouldn't leave the poor guy alone. And then Olivia wanted to sit by him at dinner but we had the 3 little ones up against the wall since there's not much room. She wasn't too thrilled about that. Olivia ended up sitting across from one of the Elders and looking at him the whole time and then she'd get all shy and look away. Cracks me up.

Anyways here are the pictures of the Spaghetti Pie. This is my mom's recipe (AGAIN)! Like I said not the best picture but it looks much better HOT and it's very tasty! My kids favorite part is the "crust".

Spaghetti Pie

Makes 9 inch pie
6 oz. spaghetti
2 Tablespoons butter
1/3 grated Parmesan cheese (I have used Parmesan in the can stuff instead and it's still good)
2 well beaten eggs
1 pound ground beef
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1 (8 oz) can tomatoes, cut up (I don't cut them up I just pull them apart with my fingers)
1 (6 oz) can tomato paste
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp dried oregano, crushed
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella (2 oz)
some cottage cheese

Cook the spaghetti according to package directions; drain (should have about 3 cups of spaghetti). Stir butter into hot spaghetti. Stir in Parmesan cheese and eggs. Form spaghetti mixture into a crust in a buttered 10-inch pie plate. (I just use cooking spray) Spread cottage cheese over bottom of spaghetti crust. In skillet cook ground beef, onion & green pepper until vegetables are tender and meat is browned. (not a fan of green peppers so I leave them out) Drain off excess fat stir in undrained tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar, oregano and garlic salt; heat through. (I usually just add all the spices in while browning the burger and I'm sure that you could just use a spaghetti sauce if you wanted to? Haven't tried it but if it's a thicker brand I think that it would work just fine.) Turn meat into spaghetti crust. Bake uncovered in 350 degree oven for 20 minutes. Sprinkle cheese over top. Bake 5 minutes more.
Another Mom recipe. She used to make it when we were younger. I remember having it when we'd have the missionaries for dinner back then. It's so yummy!

And for dessert... Layered Pudding Dessert.

Layered Pudding Dessert

Mix like pie dough. (I used my kitchen aid for this too)

1 cup chopped nuts (My mom always used walnuts and I have too but Joe hates walnuts so this time I tried it with Pecans and it was really good)
1 cup flour
1 cube margarine ♥ don't melt just soften a little ♥ (I don't use the plastic just regular old butter) :)

1 tsp sugar

Press into 9x13 pan. Bake @ 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. COOL. Cream together: 8 oz cream cheese and 3/4 cup sugar. Fold in 8 oz cool whip. (I just used my kitchen aid for all of this and then when I added the cool whip I just used a really slow speed) Spread over cooled crust. mix large instant vanilla pudding. ♥ slant 3 cups of milk ♥ Pour over cream cheese. Mix 2 small pkgs pistachio or chocolate pudding with ♥ slant 4 cups of milk ♥ you will have 3/4 cup left over. Pour chocolate/pistachio over vanilla pudding. (I didn't have 2 small pkg so I used 1 large and didn't have any left over worked great!) Then spread on cool whip (8 oz) covering with generous layer of coconut or chopped nuts or shaved chocolate. Refrigerate at least 1 or 2 hours. Softens if left out!

One of the Elders mom's used to make this recipe too and she never put coconut on it so it's very versatile you can pretty much do what ever you want for the topping!