My Mother's Casserole

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 (8 ounce) package wide egg noodles
• 1 cup cottage cheese
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 1/3 cup chopped green onion
• 2 tablespoons chopped bell peppers
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted

Recipe

• 1 brown the beef in butter in a large skillet.
• 2 stir in the tomato sauce and simmer 5 min.
• 3 boil the noodles in salted water for 10 min.
• 4 drain noodles.
• 5 in a large bowl, combine cottage cheese, cream cheese, sour cream, green onions and bell pepper.
• 6 butter a 2 quart round,deep casserole dish.
• 7 spread 1/2 of the noodles in the casserole dish.
• 8 cover with the cheese mix, then cover with rest of the noodles.
• 9 pour melted butter over noodles and spread meat sauce on top.
• 10 bake at 350 for 30 min.