Recipe - Hamburger-Cheese Bake

1 pound Ground Beef
One half cup Onion; chopped
2 cn (8oz) Tomato Sauce
1 teaspoon Granulated Sugar
Three fourths teaspoon Salt
One fourth teaspoon Garlic Salt
One fourth teaspoon Black Pepper
4 cup Uncooked Medium Noodles or
Linguini
1 cup LowFat Cottage Cheese
1 pack (8oz) LowFat Cream Cheese;
softened
One fourth cup Lowfat Sour Cream
1/3 cup Green Onion; cut or sliced up
One fourth cup Green Bell Pepper; chopped
One fourth cup Parmesan Cheese; freshly
grated

Okay, this is Casserole Making101, and if you're looking for a recipe to
prepare for dinner tonight that will taste "just the way Mom used to make
it," follow the directions listed below and bring your appetite. It must
have amazed you how a pound of hamburger could be stretched to serve eight,
right? The recipe that follows is how Mom made it easy.

Now, let's say you like the idea of today's recipe, but the extra 5 miles
you'll have to jog, swim, or roller blade after partaking of this feast
doesn't enthuse you? Then substitute ground turkey for the hamburger, and
use lowfat cottage cheese, cream cheese, and sour cream, and get cooking .
. . because this is the onedish meal from The Cook & Kitchen Staff's
"Creative Casserole" collection that is a mustserve.

In a large skillet, brown the hamburger with the onion over medium heat
setting until the meat is lightly browned and the onion is tender. Drain
off excess fat and return to the skillet. Stir in tomato sauce, sugar,
salt, garlic salt, and pepper. Remove meat sauce from heat and reserve.

Meanwhile, cook the noodles as directed on the package, drain, and reserve.

In a small bowl combine cottage cheese, cream cheese, sour cream, green
onions and green bell pepper.

Spread about half of the noodles in a 13inch by 9inch ovenproof baking
pan. Spread about half the meat sauce evenly over the top of the noodles.
Cover with cheese mixture. Add the remaining noodles and top with the
remaining meat sauce. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and bake in a
preheated 350F degree oven for about 30 minutes.

Great served with a leafy salad and garlic bread.

Posted to dailyrecipe@recipeaday.com by RecipeaDay
recipeaday@bignetwork.com on Sep 18, 1998, converted by MM_Buster
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