Southwestern Baked Beef & Bacon Spaghetti

This recipe came from Food.com.  You can modify this recipe as I did to suit your fancy.  This has been a hit for everyone that I've made it for.

Serves - 10

Ingredients:

• 16 oz uncooked spaghetti
• 1 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 lb ground beef
• 2/3rd lb bacon, diced
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 medium green bell pepper, chopped
• 5 cloves garlic, minced (I love garlic)
• 1 Tbspn chili powder
• 1 tspn cumin
• 1 Tbspn oregano
• 1 Tbspn sea salt
• 1/2 tspn ground black pepper
• 15 oz can tomato sauce
• 1 cup shredded cheese of your choice

Directions:

• Cook spaghetti according to package directions.
• Combine milk & egg with a fork.  Mix well.

• Mix drained spaghetti and milk/egg mixture well.

See how glossy the egg & milk mixture makes this (I don't know the purpose for this, though)

• Pour spaghetti mixture in a 9x13 casserole dish.
• Preheat oven to 425° F.
• Cook diced bacon, reserve half of the bacon grease and pour out the rest into a glass jar to reserve for other cooking dishes. Removed bacon with a slotted spoon to a small bowl.
• Brown ground beef with onion, bell pepper, and garlic in remaining bacon grease.

• After the beef mixture is cooked, drain juices and excess fat.
• Return the the beef mixture to the large skillet and add seasonings.  Cook for a couple minutes.
• Stir in tomato sauce and cook for another 3-4 minutes.

• Spread meat over spaghetti mixture in casserole dish and toss to be evenly dispersed.

• Sprinkle with cheese.

• Bake at 425° F for 15 min.
• Serve immediately or cover until ready to eat.