Thursday, February 28, 2013

Million Dollar Spaghetti, Copy Cat Olive Garden Dressing

The pasta was good,  my family thought it was fantastic.  I am still going with it was good.  Now the dressing on the other hand was FANTASTIC!  I only made half of the recipe which fed all 4 of us with left overs.  I also made garlic knots using Rhodes bread dough.  YUM!  I will post the original recipe below and put my changes in red.  You decide which way you would like to try.

Million Dollar Spaghetti

Ingredients
1 lb. of Ground Beef
1 can of Spaghetti Sauce
8 oz of Cream Cheese (I used fat Free)
1/4 cup of Sour Cream (I used light)
1/2 lb. of Cottage Cheese (I used greek Yogurt)
Whole Stick of Butter (I used half this amount)
2 Cloves of Garlic8 oz. of Noodles

Fry your hamburger, drain and rinse.  Boil noodles to al dente.  Mix sauce with hamburger meat.  Spray your baking pan with Pam and place enough of the sauce to coat the bottom of the pan.  Top with noodles.  Combine softened cream cheese, sour cream, greek yogurt and garlic.  Place butter in small pats around noodles and then spread cream mixture over noodles noodles.  Top with sauce and meat mixture.  Bake at 350 degrees for 25 min.  

At this point you can top with durkee french fried onions or cheddar cheese.    I chose durkee onions.  Not sure how I feel about the taste, I think I liked it anyways I didn't hate it. 

Garlic Knots

Take Rhodes rolls from the freezer and place on a greased baking sheet, cover with saran wrap and let rise 3 hours.  Roll dough into ropes and then tie into a knot.  Let rise another 1 to 2 hours.  Melt butter and add garlic and a little salt and pepper.  Brush onto knots and bake 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown,

Copy Cat Olive Garden Dressing

1/4 Cup Olive Oil
3 Table spoons Dukes Light Mayo
2 Table spoons White Wine Vinegar
1 Table spoons Lemon Juice
2 Table spoons Parmesan Cheese
1/4 teaspoon Garlic Salt
1/2 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
1-2 Table spoons Water

Put all into a blender and voila!






3 comments:

  1. The Million Dollar Spaghetti sounds absolutely wonderful! As for the garlic knots, I would make those from scratch as I like to make my own bread. :-)

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  2. I left out the dressing which looks SO good also! I better put these recipes into a Word document!

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  3. Yeah I wanted a quick fix. I keep those in my freezer for just these times.

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