Recipe - Creamy Spinach And Beef Layered Casserole

8 ounce (4 cups) uncooked mini
Lasagna noodles or medium
Egg noodles
1 pound Ground beef
1 cup Chopped onion
1 cup Garlic, minced
1 cup (10 oz.) cream mushroom soup
1 4 oz. can Mushroom pcs.and
Stems
1 pound Green Giant frozen cut leaf
Spinach, thawed, squeezed
To drain.
1 24 oz. container or 3 cups
Cottage cheese
3 Eggs
1 pack 8 oz. soft cream cheese with
Chives
1 cup 2.8 oz. french fried onions

Directions: Oven 350 Bake for 3540 min.

Grease 13 x 9 in. baking dish. Cook noodles to desired doneness as
directed. drain. In medium skillet, cook, ground beef, onions, and garlic.
over mediumhigh heat until beef is browned; drain if needed. Add soup and
mushroooms; mix well. In large bowl, combine spinach, 2 cups cottage
cheese and 2 eggs; mix well. In another large bowl, combine cooked noodles
remaining 1 cup cottage cheese and remaining egg, toss gently. In greased
dish layer half of the noodle mixture, spinach and beef mixture, repeat
layering. Cover with foil. cook 35 40 min. Remove from oven and sprinkle
fried onions over top. Return to oven cook additional 5 minutes. Let stand
5 minutes before serving. Source Pillsbury cookbooks submitted by marina
Posted to MMRecipes Digest V3 #208

Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 09:34:39 0700 (MST)

From: jmchee@goodnet.com (Marina Cheesman)