Baked Spaghetti, Large Family Freezer Meals

Shopping List
4 lbs cooked spaghetti noodles
Big batch spaghetti sauce* (or 4 cans of sauce)
12 cups ricotta cheese, cottage cheese or sour cream1
18-24 cups mozzarella or mixed cheese

Directions to make 6 pans.
Cook noodles and then stir cooked noodles into sauce*. Put half the spaghetti into 13 x 9 pans.
Spoon ricotta cheese over top of spaghetti.
Put the rest of the spaghetti on top.
Finish up with shredded cheese (3-4 cups per pan).
If you want to serve one for dinner tonight, preheat your oven to 375F.
Wrap one pan in foil.
Place it in preheated oven for 1 hour or until heated through.
Freeze the rest according to the directions below.

*Note: If you make the sauce first, cook it in a BIG pot and then there will be room to just to dump the cooked spaghetti in, without dirtying another pan.

FREEZER MEAL STORAGE DIRECTIONS
Allow your meals to cool completely before placing in the freezer.
Wrap each 9×13 pan with a layer of foil.
Label the top of each 2-2 1/2 gallon freezer bag with recipe name and date.
Slide each 9×13 pan in the freezer bag.
Set each pan to freeze in the freezer. Do not stack the pans on top of one another until each pan is individually frozen.


FREEZER COOKING DIRECTIONS
Set the desired pans of Easy Baked Spaghetti out in the refrigerator the evening before you’d like to serve them.
Preheat your oven to 375F.
Remove pan from the plastic bag.
Place in preheated oven for 1 hour or until heated through.

Source: Large Family Table