Pizza Pasta Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 Tbsp. toasted wheat germ
1 Tbsp. Parkay margarine
3 oz. spaghetti, cooked and drained
2 eggs
1/4 c. Kraft grated Parmesan cheese
1 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen chopped spinach, thawed and well drained
3/4 c. cream-style cottage cheese
8 oz. can pizza sauce
1/2 c. finely shredded carrot
2 1/2 oz. jar mushroom stems and pieces, drained and chopped
1/2 tsp. dried basil, crushed
1/2 tsp. dried oregano, crushed
dash of garlic powder
1/2 c. Kraft shredded Mozzarella cheese

Preparation

Grease\ta
3/4-quart
baking dish.
Sprinkle with wheat germ; set aside.\tIn a small mixing bowl, stir margarine into hot spaghetti.\tBeat
1 of the eggs and add to spaghetti with half
of the Parmesan cheese and 1/8 teaspoon salt; mix well. Form spaghetti
mixture into a crust in prepared dish.
Using paper toweling,
squeeze\texcess\tliquid from drained spinach over pasta crust.
Drain the cottage cheese.
In a small bowl, beat remaining egg; add the drained cottage cheese and remaining
Parmesan cheese.
Spoon
cottage cheese mixture over the spinach
layer. In\ta medium sized bowl, combine pizza sauce, shredded
carrot, chopped mushrooms, basil, oregano and garlic powder;
spoon
pizza sauce mixture over cottage cheese layer. Bake, uncovered,
at 350\u00b0 for 30 to 35 minutes or until pie is heated through.
Top with Mozzarella cheese.\tLet stand for 10 minutes before serving. Serves 4.