Classic Recipe 5/52: Meatball Sub Casserole

I have been making this one for about the past year or so, I found the recipe in a cookbook and in a magazine  I love meatballs so this is a fun new way to make them.  I always check the discount bakery racks at walmart when i am there and pick up a loaf of the french bread and toss it in the freezer till i am ready to make this.  I make my own meatballs but you could just as easily get the frozen kind.

Ingredients
8oz cream cheese, softened, 1/2 cup mayo, tsp or so italian seasoning, 1 loaf french bread, 1 jar spaghetti sauce, shredded mozzerella, parmesan cheese.  For the meatballs: 1 lb ground beef, 1 lb ground pork sausage, 1 egg, bread crumbs (about 1/2 cup or so) salt n pepper, 1/2 onion chopped fine, garlic powder, oregano.

Preheat oven to 350.  Mix all the meatball ingredients together and shape into balls. I usually get 18-24 meatballs.  Place them on a baking sheet and bake about 15-20 minutes.  Meanwhile, cut the bread into bite size pieces and lay them in a single layer at the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish.  You may have extra bread pieces.  Mix the mayo, cream cheese, and italian seasoning together and spread over the bread slices.  sprinkle with a little of the shredded mozzerella.  when the meatballs are done layer them on top of the bread, then pour the spaghetti sauce over that.  Top with the parmesan and the mozzerella, bake for about 20-25 minutes.