Hi! I'm Shelby and I really like trying out different pasta dishes. It's a hobby of mine.
Luckily for me, TikTok is a treasure trove of noodle concoctions. And not too long ago, I started seeing a ton of people trying out something called "TikTok Spaghetti," which looks like a delicious, baked combo between spaghetti with meat sauce and fettuccine Alfredo. Needless to say, I was intrigued.
And while perusing the different videos, I noticed an interesting comment:
Hmmm...
I decided to dig a little deeper into this spaghetti mystery, so I did a quick Google of "Million Dollar Spaghetti," and sure enough, there were a ton of results. Most were from this past year, but the oldest recipe I could find was this one from 2017, from the food blog Spend with Pennies.
There are a few differences between the OG recipe and the recipes that have been going around TikTok. For example, the Spend with Pennies recipe calls for cottage cheese, cream cheese, and sour cream to make the white sauce, while those on TikTok seem to prefer a traditional Alfredo sauce (butter, cream, and parmesan cheese). I decided to stick to the TikTok version since that's what's been going viral, but it was interesting to see how the recipe has evolved over the years!
Here's everything I needed for the dish. In total, the ingredients cost me around $32.
First, I prepped the ingredients by chopping up the onion and green bell pepper, and shredding two cups of fresh parmesan cheese.
Next, it was time to prepare the first of the two sauces: the red sauce. After heating up some olive oil in a pan, I threw in the Impossible Meat, onion, and pepper. From there I broke up the Impossible Meat with a spoon and sautéed everything until the meat was browned and the veggies were soft.
