rita's spinach casserole

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 3 1/2 cups farfalle (bow tie) pasta, uncooked
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins Ready Time: 50 mins


• preheat the oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). bring a pan of lightly salted water to a boil. add the pasta, and cook until tender, about 8 minutes.
• crumble ground beef into a skillet over medium-high heat. cook, stirring constantly until evenly browned. drain excess grease, and stir in the tomato sauce, sour cream and thyme.
• place the cooked pasta into the bottom of a 2 quart casserole dish. pour the ground beef mixture over the pasta. cover with a layer of spinach. top with shredded cheese.
• bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until heated through and lightly browned on the top.