Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, day before payday casserole. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook day before payday casserole using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Day Before Payday Casserole:

1. Take 48 ounces Spaghetti sauce (I had Prego Chunky Garden on hand)
2. Prepare 2 lbs ground meat (I used beef)
3. Take 1 teaspoon salt
4. Make ready 1 teaspoon black pepper
5. Take 2 teaspoons seasoning salt
6. Make ready 2 teaspoons garlic powder
7. Get 1 tablespoon sugar
8. Get 1/2 cup water
9. Take 1 ln pasta noodles (I used jumbo ridged macaroni noodles)
10. Make ready 1 cup shredded cheese divided in half. I had sharp white cheddar

Instructions to make Day Before Payday Casserole:

1. Grease a large casserole dish with butter, margarine or non stick spray, set aside.
2. Pour spaghetti sauce into large saucepan or pot; simmer on medium low heat, keep stirred.
3. Brown ground meat and drain. Add cooked meat to the spaghetti sauce and mix in all the seasonings.
4. Pour the water into the spaghetti sauce jar, shake it up, and add it to the meat sauce. Add more or less water as needed
5. Continue to simmer the meat sauce for one hour. Simmering the sauce will increase the flavor of the sauce and break down the structure of the meat into a better consistency. Remember to stir the sauce while it's simmering.
6. Turn off sauce after one hour. At this point you can heat your oven to 350F
7. Cook pasta noodles until al dente, or, according to Cook times on the package. Drain pasta (DO NOT RINSE) and add to meat sauce, mix well.
8. Spoon half the mixture into casserole dish, sprinkle on half the shredded cheese. Spoon in remaining mixture and top with remaining cheese.
9. Bake covered for 35 to 40 minutes. NOTE: spray foil with nonstick spray if using it to cover casserole. Enjoy?

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