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Meatball Sub Casserole Recipe

This easy and delicious Meatball Sub Casserole recipe is guaranteed to be a hit with the whole family!  It combines all the goodness of a meatball sub in the form of an easy to eat casserole.

With just 5 ingredients, this recipe is not only extremely easy to make, but also very affordable.  As written, it can feed a family of 4-5 for $6.42 (priced with ingredients from Aldi).  

Have a big family or expecting company?  It’s easy to double it and feed a crowd!

Easy 5 Ingredient Recipe

Here’s the price breakdown for the recipe if you buy the ingredients at Aldi:

1/2 bag frozen Italian style meatballs $2.15

1- 24 ounce jar of pasta sauce $0.85

1-10 ounce loaf of fresh garlic bread (found in the bakery area of Aldi) $2.09

1 cup of shredded Italian style cheese $1.00

1/4 cup of shredded Parmesan cheese $0.33

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Meatball Sub Casserole

This easy and inexpensive recipe uses frozen meatballs, garlic bread, pasta sauce, and shredded cheese to create a delicious meal the whole family will love!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Cost: $6.42

Ingredients

  • 1 loaf fresh garlic bread
  • 1 24 oz jar pasta sauce
  • 1/2 32 oz bag frozen Italian meatballs (32 meatballs0
  • 1 cup shredded Italian blend cheese
  • 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees
  • Place the garlic bread on a baking sheet with the spread facing up and bake for 5-7 minutes (or whatever time is recommended for the garlic bread you use)
  • While the garlic bread is baking, heat the pasta sauce and meatballs until the meatballs have thawed.
  • Set the oven to 350 degrees after the garlic bread comes out. Allow garlic bread to cool some and then cut it into squares.
  • Lay garlic bread pieces into a 2 quart casserole dish.
  • Spread meatball and pasta sauce mix over the top of the garlic bread.
  • Sprinkle the shredded cheeses over the top of the casserole.
  • Bake for 15 to 20 minutes.

Notes

*Recipe adapted from Allrecipes
* We like to serve this with a tossed salad or sautéed green beans!

Hoagie Bake Recipe

This Hoagie Bake Recipe is always a hit around our house.  It’s super simple to make and with 8 servings, it feeds our family of four for two meals.  

The recipe can be made entirely with Aldi ingredients.  If you shop Aldi, I did the cost analysis for it and it works out to $1.05 per serving.  This makes this recipe super budget friendly!

With salami, pepperoni, ham, provolone, and Swiss cheese sandwiched between crescent rolls, this is a delicious and filling  meal!

Here’s what you will need to add to your Aldi shopping:

  • 2  cans of crescent rolls
  • 1 pkg deli ham (I used smoked but honey would be fine too)
  • 1 pkg pepperoni slices (I used turkey because that’s all they had)
  • 1 pkg salami slices
  • shredded parmesan
  • 1 pkg provolone slices
  • 1 pkg swiss slices
  • 1 egg

 

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Hoagie Bake

This delicious hoagie bake sandwiches salami, pepperoni, ham, provolone and swiss cheeses between crescent rolls.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Cost: $8.43

Ingredients

  • 2 cans crescent rolls
  • 1/4 lb. sliced salami
  • 1/4 lb. pepperoni slices
  • 1/4 lb. sliced deli ham
  • 8 slices provolone cheese
  • 8 slices swiss cheese
  • 1 egg
  • 3 tbsp shredded parmesan cheese

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • Prepare a 9X13 casserole dish by spraying it with cooking spray
  • Spread one can of crescent rolls into the bottom of the dish, pressing seams together
  • Spread the salami on top the crescent rolls, followed by the ham, pepperoni, provolone, and swiss.
  • Spread the other can of crescent rolls over the top of the meat and cheese layers, pressing the seams together.
  • Beat the egg and then brush on top of the crescent rolls
  • Add the parmesan cheese
  • Bake in the oven for 25 minutes
  • Add foil and bake an additional 10 minutes

Notes

Tip: To reduce the greasiness of the recipe, you can spread the salami and pepperoni in thin layers on a paper towel covered plate and microwave them first for 30 seconds before adding them to the dish.
*Recipe adapted from here