Big back recipe

A little cheat meal with some cheater ingredients.

Boil your noodles, and cook your lean ground beef. Season beef with Italian seasonings, salt, and pepper.

When beef is fully cooked, add your jar of premade traditional tomato sauce and let it simmer then add half a block of cream cheese. Mix together until fully combined.

Take a baking dish and layer your meat sauce, pasta, meat sauce, pasta, meat sauce until you reach the top of the dish then you’ll top it off with a mix of mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Sprinkle Italian seasonings on top and bake at 350 degrees uncovered for 15 min.

Add some garlic bread and broccoli for sides then bone apple teeth! Enjoy.

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2025/1/20 Edited to

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