Meatball Sub Casserole

Y'all this is seriously DELICIOUS! Although the next time I make it, I'm going to switch out the mayo for ricotta cheese AND find a different brand of pasta sauce other than what Aldi's had lol ok so here's the recipe (I have pictures of each layer below)

 

Meatball Sub Casserole

Ingredients:
- 1 loaf of Italian bread
- 1 packet Italian seasoning
- 1 8oz. package of regular/original cream cheese (softened)
- 1 jar of pasta sauce
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise (or ricotta cheese)
- 1 package shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 package frozen meatballs
- Pepper for taste

(that was a lot of 1's lol)

Directions:

- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Spray baking dish with cooking spray
- Arrange Italian bread in a single layer (I did 2 layers to fill in the holes that the bottom layer made since I didn't have any small pieces in my loaf...you will only use half a loaf but my grocery store's deli was closed so I had to just grab a loaf that was already made on the shelf lol)
- In a small bowl, combine cream cheese, mayo, Italian seasoning packet and pepper and mix well
- Spread cream cheese mixture over the bread
- Sprinkle half of you shredded mozzarella over the mixture
- In a large bowl, combine pasta sauce and meatballs coating the meatballs
- Spread meatball mixture over cheese
- Spread remaining cheese over meatball mixture
- Cook uncovered for 30-35 minutes and voila! :)

I think it would be SO much better with cream cheese and ricotta rather than the cream cheese and mayo but either way it was good :)