If there is a non-Filipino dish that I could eat everyday, that would be spaghetti. Spaghetti for breakfast, for lunch, snack, or dinner... I'm all for it. I mean who wouldn't? It is so yummy, topped with different kind of sauces that you prefer. And of course, don't forget Parmesan cheese!
I prefer marinara sauce on my spaghetti. I would sometime cook carbonara, or just plain olive oil and cheese like my daughter prefers. But there is something different about tomato sauce with ground meat simmered for hours. But I have come to a point where I thought..is there something else I could use instead of marinara sauce?
Soon enough I tried a spaghetti sauce that I like aside from marinara. My friend's daughter cooked it for her and she let me try it. She said they got the recipe online and thought of trying it. She calls it spaghetti casserole. I call it divine!! It was so good that now I prefer it instead of marinara sauce. My friend told me roughly the ingredients and how to cook it, but to be honest, I wasn't paying much attention because I was busy devouring the dish!! lol.. and besides, I would like to discover it myself and create my own recipe..
So based on what I tasted I roughly made my own spaghetti casserole recipe..
Ingredients
1 lb spaghetti noodle, cooked al dente
1 lb ground turkey
2 cans diced tomatoes
1/2 cup green bell pepper, chopped
1/2 cup red bell pepper
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 cup cheddar cheese
1/2 cup yellow onion, chopped
1 tbsp garlic, minced
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 cup water
butter to coat baking pan
salt and pepper to taste
Procedure
1. Cook spaghetti noodle al dente, roughly 7-8 minutes, set aside.
2. On a skillet, sautee garlic and onion on vegetable oil.
3. Add the ground turkey, cook until turkey is brown.
4. Add dice tomatoes and water. Simmer for 10 minutes
5. Add the bell pepper, cayenne pepper, salt and pepper to taste.
6. Pour the sauce over spaghetti noodle.
7. Grease the baking pan, transfer the noodles with sauce, top with cheddar cheese.
8. Bake for 40 min or until cheese has melted.
