Spaghetti Pie Muffins

By sretzlaff

Ingredients

• For the Crust:
• 4 cups cooked spaghetti (Whole Wheat, Brown Rice, or for low carb Dreamfields Spaghetti all work fine if you want to substitute them).
• 1/3 cup melted butter
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
• For the filling
• Ingredients:
• 3/4 cup cottage cheese
• 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
• For Sauce
• Ingredients:
• 2 Tablespoons olive oil
• 1 pounds lean hamburger or sausage
• 1/2 tsp crushed dried basil
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp onion powder
• 1/2 tsp red pepper seeds
• 1/2 tsp salt
• pepper to taste
• 1 15 oz can tomato sauce
• 1 cup Mozzarella Cheese

Preparation

Step 1

For the Crust:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix together spaghetti and butter.
In a separate bowl, whisk eggs.
Add Parmesan cheese and mix well.
Pour egg mixture into into spaghetti and butter mixture and mix well.
Spray 2 large muffin pans with cooking spray.
Divide spaghetti mixture evenly into 12 muffin cups.
Press spaghetti to form a little nest in each muffin cup.

For the filling
Mix together both cheeses
spread over inside of spaghetti nests.

For Sauce
Pour olive oil into pan, add meat and seasonings and brown. (with a very lean meat, there is nothing to drain… if you do have excess fat, go ahead and drain after it is browned).
Add tomato sauce.
Stir and simmer 10 minutes
Spoon evenly over spaghetti nests
Top each with mozzarella cheese.
Bake approximately 30 minutes until cheese is lightly browned.