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3
cups dried medium noodles (6 ounces)
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1
pound ground beef
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2
8 ounce can tomato sauce
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1
teaspoon dried basil, crushed
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1/2
teaspoon sugar
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1/2
teaspoon garlic powder
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1/4
teaspoon salt
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1/4
teaspoon black pepper
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1
8 ounce carton dairy sour cream
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1
8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
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1/2
cup milk
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1/3
cup chopped onion (1 small)
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1
10 ounce package frozen chopped spinach, cooked and well drained
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1
cup shredded cheddar cheese (4 ounces)
1. Grease a 2-quart casserole or a 2-quart square baking dish; set aside. Cook noodles according to package directions; drain and set aside.
2. Meanwhile, in a large skillet cook beef until brown. Drain off fat. Stir tomato sauce, basil, sugar, garlic powder, salt, and pepper into skillet. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes.
3. In a medium mixing bowl beat together the sour cream and cream cheese with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Stir in milk and onion. In prepared casserole or baking dish, layer half of the noodles (about 2 cups), half of the meat mixture (about 1 1/2 cups), half of the cream cheese mixture (about 1 cup), and all of the spinach. Top with the remaining meat mixture and noodles. Cover and chill remaining cream cheese mixture until needed.
4. Cover casserole or baking dish with lightly greased foil. Bake in 350 degree F oven about 45 minutes or until heated through. Uncover; spread with remaining cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle with the cheddar cheese. Bake, uncovered, about 10 minutes more or until cheese is melted. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.
5. Makes 8 servings
- Make Ahead Tip Prepare as directed through Step 3. Cover with lightly greased foil and chill in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours. Bake in a 350 degree F oven for 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes or until heated through. Uncover; spread with remaining cream-cheese mixture. Sprinkle with the cheddar cheese.Bake, uncovered, about 10 minutes more or until cheese is melted. Let stand for 10 minutes before baking.
- Servings Per Recipe 8,
- Calories 472,
- Protein (gm) 27,
- Carbohydrate (gm) 25,
- Fat, total (gm) 30,
- Cholesterol (mg) 127,
- Saturated fat (gm) 17,
- Dietary Fiber, total (gm) 3,
- Sodium (mg) 683,
- Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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Make this and left out the spinach, even as I love spinach; yet my husband doesn't. It still turned out great. I just cooked spinach as side dish for me and another side for my husband.
1/31/2012 04:52:57 PM Report Abusethis was awesome. I however substituted the beef for turkey italian sausage and used 3 - 4 lbs. next time will also use more noodles and sauce.
11/15/2011 11:11:13 AM Report Abusemy husband loved it! i loved it! we ate it two nites in a row~ very good recipe!
11/12/2011 11:19:59 PM Report AbuseWonderful doesn't even start to cover this recipe. My Partner and I have a daughters whose best friend is a vegetarian. So after reading all the reviews did as SBL1981 did and replaced all the meat with veggie meat and will be using it this Thanksgiving as Twiggies main course during our Thanksgiving dinner. More recipes than anyother place with the greatest ppl trying them out and telling you the truth as they cooked it. Kid loved it.
11/5/2011 12:48:27 PM Report AbuseMade this tonight, and my family loved it. BUT I did make some changes as per some of the previous reviews. First, I used 2lbs. ground turkey, 24ozs. tomato sauce, and most of a 16oz. bag of noodles. I also added my onions to the turkey as I was cooking it. I kept the spinach and the cream cheese mixture the same. It came out meaty, saucy, and cheesy. Just what you are looking for on a cool Fall evening. This will become a permanent recipe in my rotation.
10/27/2011 08:09:55 PM Report Abuse