Thursday, January 24, 2008

Spinach Noodle Casserole

NEED:
4 ounces medium noodles
1 poung ground beef
15 ounces tomato sauce
1 tsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. garlic salt
8 ounces cream cheese
1/2 cup sour cream
3 tbsp. milk
2 tbsp. chopped onion
10 ounces of frozen chopped spinach, drained
1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

Cook noodles; drain and set aside. Brown beef; drain. Add tomato sauce, sugar, salt and noodles to beef. Set aside. Mix together cream cheese, sour cream, milk and onions.
In sprayed or greased baking dish, layer 1/2 beef-noodle mixture, 1/2 sour cream mixture, all spinach and remaining beef mixture. Cover.
Oven at 350 degrees. Bake 40 minutes. Uncover. Spread remaining cream cheese mixture on top. Sprinkle with Cheddar cheese. Bake, uncovered for 10 additional minutes.

Enjoy!

3 comments:

dana said...

Soooo Zed....ya think I can get away with using fresh spinach in this? I'm a real changer arounder. I have some gourmet noodles that are dying to be used. I may try this one. thanks dana

dana said...

Ok...that worked. This time I will click the email follow up feature...duh. dana

Zeddie said...

Yes, you could. Personally, I would blanch it ( drop in boiling water) for 2 minutes, drain and chop it for the recipe.