My boyfriend and I love this recipe!! I first found this in a magazine and it calls for sliced italian bread (not cubed) which makes it a lot easier to spread the cream cheese / mayo onto it. I also use ground turkey instead of beef for the meatballs and you can't even tell the difference. I always fill all the nooks and cranies with pieces of italian bread so that the spaghetti sauce doesn't seap through to the bread and make it soggy. Also, I don't add the water as it makes it a bit too runny.

This was yummy. I used ricotta instead of mayo and did not add any extra water. We sliced the bread and just topped each slice with the sauce and meatballs. It was really good!

The meatballs were great but unfortunatly the rest was not. It was soggy and had a tangy flavor that threw it off.

My husband and I loved this recipe and I was able to make it ahead of time and then have him throw it in the oven at the last minute. I did add an egg to the meatballs to make it hold together better, but it was wonderful.

The whole family loves this dish, never have trouble w/leftovers. The cheese spread is the best part so I make more than recipe states for extra creaminess.

How unusual! I only could fit a half a loaf of bread in my dish, which I lightly toasted. Although I didn't use the water, it came out a tad soggy, which Kind of worked. The mayo/cream cheese mix is very rich... I like it, but I can see how someone might find it a bit much. The meatballs, however, are a big hit. Thanks for this one!

This turned out much better than I thought I would. I thought that the bread would be soggy, and it wasn't at all. The only thing I would do is put in less mayo as the flavor of it seems to take over. I had to put in a lot more seasoning to balance out the taste. I spread the cream cheese mixture over the bread first before cutting. Didn't make sense to spend time tediously applying it to each little cube. Also, next time I would make the meatballs a bit smaller so there would be more of them. All-in-all the dish was quite cook and the family really liked it.

An okay recipe and you MUST like Italian meatball sandwiches. Probably best for teenagers. The recipe says it serves 5 -it's probably closer to 10 servings. I agree with others that there is no way you can fit 16 oz. of bread cubes in a single layer of a 9 x 13" pan. Be sure to toast the bread cubes so that they don't get soggy. If I make it again, I will try it with ricotta instead of the cream cheese-mayo mixture. As others suggested, I did not add water - just added a bit more spaghetti sauce.

I made it with the Ricotta cheese like other people and left out the water, but we used sourdough bread and it worked very well!! I am going to make this again very soon.

Excellent. I also toast the bread first, and have even used frozen meatballs if in a hurry.

Loved it. I halved the recipe which worked great but it needed a few more meat balls. So probably use more meat and/or make the meatballs smaller.

This was good..A little rich for me and I will have to cut this recipe in half next time as it made too much for us..

I've made this lots of times, and it usually is a hit. It's a very heavy meal but tastes just like a meatball sandwich. In my experience a lot of men like this. I will say that my husband and I liked it a lot and he always wanted me to make it earlier in our marriage, but now it's a bit much for us. I only make it maybe once a year now (and we aren't old - he turns 30 this month).

GREAT! I didn't have soggy bread, but mine was a day old as another said. We all just loved it and have added it to our regular menu. I've been out of marinara a time or two since I always make my own and those times subed 1 can tomato paste and 1 can pizza sauce and it still turned out great!

OMG!! This recipe is wonderful. I used my own homemade BBQ sauce instead of the spaghetti sauce. Love the french bread on the bottom. Spectacular. Thank you for posting this recipe!!!!

A Keeper! Like some others I doubled the cream cheese mixure-omitted the water-used store bought italian style meatballs. Couldn't fit a whole loaf of single layered bread so I don't know how anyone else did but having it a day or 2 old made for no sogginess. The 2 Italian men in my family raved! Thanks.