Company Casserole

Description
Contributed by Jenn b aka Mom2sam and Tiny at World Recipes Y-Group
 * Serves 6.

Ingredients

 * 4 cups noodles (½ lb)
 * 1 tbsp butter or margarine
 * 1 lb. ground beef
 * 2 x 8 oz cans tomato sauce
 * 1 cup cottage cheese
 * 1 x 8 oz pkg. soft cream cheese
 * ¼ cup sour cream
 * ⅓ cup minced scallions (or onion)
 * 1 tbsp minced green peppers (I add more)
 * 2 tbsp melted butter or margarine

Directions

 * 1) Cook noodles as package directs; drain.
 * 2) Meanwhile, in butter in skillet, saut? meat until browned.
 * 3) Stir in tomato sauce.
 * 4) Remove from heat.
 * 5) Combine cottage cheese and next 4 ingredients (cream cheese through green peppers).
 * 6) In a 2-qt casserole, spread half of noodles, cover with cheese mixture, then cover with rest of noodles.
 * 7) Pour melted butter over noodles, then tomato-meat sauce.
 * 8) Bake in 375 °F oven for approximately 45 minutes.

Variation
Substitute two cans of tomato soup for the tomato sauce.