Creamy Spaghetti Dinner

This is one of my family's favorite dinners. It's quick and easy with a little secret ingredient to make it rich and creamy.

Brown 1lb of your desired meat. I used a hot Italian sausage here, but I usually use ground chicken for a lower fat version.

Add chopped onion and fry

 Add green bell peppers and fry. (I took a little help from the store here and used diced up frozen green bell peppers)

Add half a bag (about 8oz) of frozen chopped spinach. It's a great way to bump up the nutrition factor here (especially with kids).

Add one tbs each of dried oregano, dried basil and granulated garlic (or to taste). Salt and pepper the dish to taste.

Add one jar of your favorite pasta sauce. Add 1 cup of water into the jar and get all the sauce out of the bottle.

Add 1tbs of red chili flakes and a teaspoon of brown sugar.  **The chili flakes can be to taste**

Now for the secret ingredient: Add 4oz (half a package) of cream cheese. I used reduced fat cream cheese.

Mix and bring to a simmer. Taste the sauce here and make sure you have enough salt.

Add cooked pasta (make sure you don't over cook the pasta because it will simmer in the sauce and keep cooking). I used whole grain spaghetti pasta here. You can use any shape or style pasta you desire.

Enjoy. This will serve 6-8 people.

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