{"id":3917,"date":"2026-04-20T10:50:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=3917"},"modified":"2026-04-20T10:50:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:50:06","slug":"baked-cheesy-ground-beef-pasta-casserole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/baked-cheesy-ground-beef-pasta-casserole\/","title":{"rendered":"Baked Cheesy Ground Beef Pasta Casserole"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Baked Cheesy Ground Beef Pasta Casserole<\/h2>\n<p>A cozy, family-friendly pasta bake with savory beef, tomato sauce, and melty cheese.<\/p>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>500 g small pasta (macaroni or similar)<\/li>\n<li>400\u2013500 g ground beef<\/li>\n<li>1 large onion, finely chopped<\/li>\n<li>2 garlic cloves, minced<\/li>\n<li>1 red bell pepper, chopped<\/li>\n<li>2 cups tomato sauce (or tomato paste diluted with a little water)<\/li>\n<li>Salt and black pepper, to taste<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp ginger powder<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp paprika<\/li>\n<li>Chopped parsley<\/li>\n<li>1 cup shredded mozzarella (or any good melting cheese)<\/li>\n<li>Olive oil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Cook the pasta in salted boiling water until al dente. Drain and set aside.<\/li>\n<li>Heat a little olive oil in a pan. Saut\u00e9 the onion and garlic until soft.<\/li>\n<li>Add the ground beef and cook until well browned.<\/li>\n<li>Stir in the red bell pepper, spices, and tomato sauce. Simmer for about 10 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Add the chopped parsley and mix.<\/li>\n<li>Combine the pasta with the beef sauce.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer everything to a baking dish and sprinkle cheese over the top.<\/li>\n<li>Bake in a preheated oven at <strong>180\u00b0C (350\u00b0F)<\/strong> until the cheese melts and lightly browns.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Serve hot and enjoy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baked Cheesy Ground Beef Pasta Casserole A cozy, family-friendly pasta bake with savory beef, tomato sauce, and melty cheese. Ingredients&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3919,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3917\/revisions\/3919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}