Overnight Wonder

Your family will love this healthy casserole made with noodles, lean ground beef, tomato sauce plus reduced fat cheeses and sour cream.

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Ingredients:

• 8 ounces egg noodles
• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 16 ounces tomato sauce
• Salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
• 8 ounces reduced fat cottage cheese
• 8 ounces reduced fat cream cheese
• 1/4 cup reduced fat sour cream
• 1/3 cup onion, minced
• 1/4 cup red bell pepper, chopped
• 2 tablespoons trans-fat free margarine, melted

Method

Cook noodles and drain. Saute ground beef. Stir in tomato sauce. Add salt and pepper to taste. Combine cottage cheese, cream cheese, sour cream, onion and bell pepper. Layer in one 3 quart or two 1 1/2-quart casserole dishes as follows: one half noodles, cheese mixture, remaining noodles, melted margarine, beef and tomato mixture. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.

Notes: Lean ground lamb and spinach egg noodles are great variations. This is a great dish to put together at night and leave in the refrigerator. If you turn the oven on as soon as you get home the next night, you'll have a "shining star" to dazzle at dinner before you know it.

Number of servings: 8

Submitted By: thistle809
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