August Recipe of the Month

August 14, 2025

Comfort food doesn’t get any easier, or delicious, than this cheesy baked pasta made with savory Beaty Beef ground beef.  Perfect for busy weeknights or feeding a crowd, this dish layers tender pasta, rich pasta sauce, tangy cream cheese, and melty mozzarella for a hearty, flavorful meal everyone will love. Make it fresh, or freeze a portion for an easy dinner down the road, if there are any leftovers!

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ pounds Beaty Beef Ground Beef

• Daddy B’s Southern Blend Seasoning (to taste) 

• 1 package uncooked pasta (spirals, macaroni, ziti, etc.)

• 1 jar pasta sauce (e.g., Prego or Ragú)

• Water (enough to fill empty pasta sauce jar)

• 8 ounces cream cheese (block)

• Shredded mozzarella or cheddar cheese (for topping)

• Shredded Parmesan cheese (fresh, not canned)

Directions:

● Preheat Oven to 350 degrees.

● Brown 1 1⁄2 pounds of Beaty Beef Ground Beef seasoned with Daddy B’s Southern Blend
Seasoning and set aside.

● In a sprayed casserole pour 1 package of uncooked pasta (any kind...I’ve used spirals,
macaroni noodles, and ziti...doesn’t matter.)

● Over the noodles pour 1 jar of pasta sauce. My go-to is Prego or Ragú.

● Fill the empty pasta jar with water and pour over the mixture.

● Here’s where it gets good!!! Place one 8 ounce block of cream cheese over the mixture.
Yum!😋

● Place the cooked ground beef (Beaty Beef) over the mixture and slightly stir just to get
the ground beef mixed with the pasta a little. (It’s okay if the cream cheese isn’t mixed. It
will be mixed after everything cooks together.)

● Cover with aluminum foil and bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

● Remove from the oven and mix everything together well.

● Top with cheese...I have used mozzarella or cheddar...and return to the oven for 10
minutes or until the cheese is melted.

● Remove from the oven and sprinkle with shredded Parmesan cheese (the real kind, not
the canned).

● Enjoy!

● Can also freeze half of it after you bake it...IF there’s any left. 😊