Spaghetti Casserole

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb extra lean ground beef
• 6 slices bacon, diced, cooked crisp (save 2 tbsp of bacon dripping)
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 3/4 cups spaghetti, broken into 3-inch pieces
• 1 (12 ounce) can tomatoes
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen peas
• 1 (2 ounce) jar pimientos, drained, chopped
• 1 can sliced black olives
• 2 cups cheddar cheese, grated
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a skillet put the 2 tbsp of bacon dripping add onions and sauté until tender (3 minutes).
• 2 add beef and cook until crumbly.
• 3 cook broken spaghetti until tender in a pot of boiling water.
• 4 drain and rinse the spaghetti with cold water.
• 5 to the skillet add cooked spaghetti, tomatoes (with juice), peas, half of the pimentos, half of the olives and half of the cheese, mix with a fork until well blended.
• 6 add salt & pepper.
• 7 heat oven to 400°f degrees.
• 8 butter a 13x9-inch casserole dish.
• 9 turn meat mixture into the casserole and sprinkle with the remaining cheese, pimentos and olives.
• 10 bake uncovered for 20 minutes.