I rated this recipe a 5 based on its amazing flavors. It's a little involved, but worth the effort. It's a great summertime dish, so I would say that you could bypass the oven step completely, so as not to heat up the house. In order to skip the oven step, micro your squash like others have said. Then simmer your sauce for awhile and put everything into the casserole dish while piping hot and let the cheese melt under the sauce. The only things I changed on this recipe, which I think was for the better, was adding 2 oz. of cream cheese to the squash right out of the micro so it melted into it. I also used grilled hamburgers from the day before for the meat which was an amazing blend of flavor, between the smoky meat and sweet cream cheese. REALLY good! Then I just backed down the cheddar on top so as not to have too much fat. I found this recipe because I was trying to salvage that meat into a leftover type dish, and now I'm going to make extra hamburgers every time!

Reviewed On: Apr. 29, 2009