Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Casserole Love - Sour Cream Noodle Bake (Pioneer Woman)

Now that I am a wife, I feel like it is my duty to start cooking for my husband instead of going out to eat every night.

A lot easier said than done.

I thought the choice of where to eat each night was a daunting task, but it is nothing compared to figuring out what to cook for dinner. At least the restaurants will have all of the ingredients for whatever I have a taste for.

Fortunately, my husband will eat just about anything (score!), so I know that pretty much whatever I cook, he will enjoy. For instance, one of his favorite meals is Prego alfredo sauce, canned chicken, and spaghetti noodles. That's it. Now, I know that is not the healthiest meal in the world, and I try to minimalize how many times I cook it, but after working for 10-11 hours and finally arriving home at 7:30 at night, healthy is not exactly on the top of my priority list. Not proud of it, but let's be honest, bedtime with my husband sounds a lot better than making this meal from scratch to 'health-ify' it (like how I created my own word there?).

Enough of my rant about that, back to the post.

Casseroles are my go-to now, mainly because they are super easy with normal ingredients that I usually have on hand. This particular casserole I found on Pinterest, and it is ridiculously good! It's originally from The Pioneer Woman (link here), and is a perfect casserole to fit into our busy schedules. It's seven ingredients, salt and pepper, one casserole dish and an oven, which makes for two very happy and full individuals.

All you need is...
  • 1-1/4 pound Ground Chuck (I used 1 pound of Ground Beef instead- still very yummy!)
  • 1 can 15-ounces Tomato Sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  • Freshly Ground Black Pepper
  • 8 ounces, weight Egg Noodles (I use egg-less)
  • 1/2 cup Sour Cream
  • 1-1/4 cup Small Curd Cottage Cheese
  • 1/2 cup Sliced Green Onions (I use 1/4 cup instead, they can have a VERY STRONG affect on the flavor of the casserole)
  • 1 cup Grated Sharp Cheddar Cheese (my husband does not like sharp cheese, so I used mild instead)

  • Simple instructions...
    1.) Preheat oven to 350 degrees
    2.) Slice Green Onions
    3.) Boil the Water, add Noodles, drain
    4.) Brown the Ground Chuck/Beef, mix in Tomato Sauce, salt, plenty of pepper, and let simmer
    5.)Mix together the Sour Cream and Cream Cheese, add to the Noodles, mix in Green Onions
    6.) Layer half of Noodle mixture, Meat mixture, then 1/2 of cheese in a 13x9 pan. Repeat layering
    7.) Bake for 20 minutes
    8.) Enjoy!



    This picture is of the first time I cooked it, before it had placed it in the oven. I didn't have a 13x9 pan, so I had to improvise. I call that 'Newlywed Problems.'

    I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

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