{"id":12224,"date":"2024-07-09T16:21:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T16:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=12224"},"modified":"2024-07-09T16:21:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T16:21:12","slug":"old-school-spaghetti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=12224","title":{"rendered":"Old-school spaghetti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 454 grams rotini (or elbow\/spaghetti)<br \/>\n\u2022 1\/2 teaspoon kosher salt<br \/>\n\u2022 2 tablespoons butter<br \/>\n\u2022 2 tablespoons olive oil<br \/>\n\u2022 1 tablespoon minced garlic<br \/>\n\u2022 1 medium green bell pepper<br \/>\n\u2022 1 medium onion (white or yellow)<br \/>\n\u2022 227 grams sliced mushrooms<br \/>\n\u2022 1\/2 teaspoon black pepper<br \/>\n\u2022 1\/2 teaspoon kosher salt<br \/>\n\u2022 3\/4 cup grated cheese (Mozzarella, Italian Blend, or Cheddar)<br \/>\n\u2022 60 ml sour cream<br \/>\n\u2022 794 grams red pasta sauce. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_2061-264x300.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_2061-264x300.webp 264w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_2061.webp 563w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><br \/>\nPreparation<\/p>\n<p>Blend Ingredients<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Use a hand blender or immersion blender to blend 3 ingredients until smooth.<br \/>\nCook Pasta<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Boil water, add salt and pasta, and cook according to instructions. Drain and set aside.<br \/>\nPrepare Baking Dish<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Grease a 9 x 12 pan with 2 tablespoons of butter.<br \/>\nPrep Vegetables<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Dice the green pepper and onion.<br \/>\n\u2022 Slice the mushrooms.<br \/>\nSaut\u00e9 Vegetables<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a pan.<br \/>\n\u2022 Saut\u00e9 peppers, onions, and mushrooms over medium heat for 3-4 minutes.<br \/>\nCook Beef<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Add chopped and crumbled sirloin to the pan.<br \/>\n\u2022 Season with salt and pepper, breaking the beef into small pieces.<br \/>\n\u2022 Cook until the beef is no longer pink, then drain excess fat.<br \/>\n\u2022 Add the jar of pasta sauce and reheat.<br \/>\nMix Cheese<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 In a medium mixing bowl, combine softened cream cheese, sour cream, and cottage cheese.<br \/>\n\u2022 Blend with a hand mixer until well mixed.<br \/>\nAssemble Dish<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Layer half of the pasta in the greased baking dish.<br \/>\n\u2022 Add the cheese mixture and smooth it evenly over the pasta.<br \/>\n\u2022 Add the remaining pasta and top with the meat sauce.<br \/>\nBake<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Cover the dish with foil, spraying the foil with oil to prevent sticking.<br \/>\n\u2022 Bake for 20 minutes.<br \/>\n\u2022 Remove foil, add grated cheese on top, and return to the oven for 10-15 minutes until the cheese melts.<br \/>\nServe<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Let the dish rest for 5 minutes before serving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients: \u2022 454 grams rotini (or elbow\/spaghetti) \u2022 1\/2 teaspoon kosher salt \u2022 2 tablespoons butter \u2022 2 tablespoons olive oil \u2022 1 tablespoon minced garlic \u2022&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12226,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12224\/revisions\/12226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}