Company Casserole

Description Edit

Contributed by Jenn b aka Mom2sam and Tiny at World Recipes Y-Group

• Serves 6.

Ingredients Edit

• 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 Edit

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 Edit

Substitute two cans of tomato soup for the tomato sauce.