Cheesy Spinach and Beef Casserole

diamonds4heather's Note:

Finally, a way to get even your pickiest eaters to eat their spinach! This is a filling and quick casserole that can easily be made low fat if you use ground turkey and low-fat cheese. Serve with a green salad and some french bread and dinner is served!

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 lb ground beef
• shredded monterey jack cheese
• 1 (16 ounce) box penne pasta, cooked
• salt & pepper
• seasoned garlic salt
• 2 -3 bunches fresh spinach
• olive oil
• 3 -4 garlic cloves
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can condensed condensed cream of mushroom & garlic soup

Directions:

1. In a large wok or frying pan heat oil and cook onion and garlic in a small amount of oil until transparent.
2. Add spinach and cook until wilted. Set aside.
3. Brown ground beef and season with garlic salt, salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.
4. Combine cooked pasta, spinach, ground beef, cheese (amount to your preference, my family likes it cheesy!) and soup.
5. Add salt and pepper to taste.
6. Place in a large baking dish, cover in a layer of shredded cheese.
7. Cover with tin foil and place in a 350°F oven for 30 minutes.
8. Uncover and place back in oven for another 10 minutes.

Reviews

[Lauren Clark]

This is a great way to get your family to eat their spinach. This casserole is awesome! I used a lot of cheddar cheese in mine and it turned out great. Thanks for a wonderful recipe!

[Mira Lisbon]

This was the perfect recipe for me. It's easy, it's fast and it's oh, so delicious. My husband LOVED it - which is huge as he can be rather hard to please. Thank you for this GREAT recipe.

[M. Joan]

Excellent dish! Will definitely add it to our "keeper" file. I did not know what box size pasta to use. I cooked up 16 oz. and ended up using half in the recipe. I used a bag of already cleaned spinach.