Hamburger Cheese Bake

Submitted by Smilyn

"I think I got this out of an old Mormon cook book. I'm not Mormon myself, but they sure had some good recipes. Alternative to Hamburger Helper! Makes quite a bit."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 453.59 g ground beef
• 118.29 ml onion, chopped
• 2 (453.59 g) can tomato sauce
• 4.92 ml sugar
• 3.69 ml salt
• 1.23 ml garlic salt
• 1.23 ml pepper
• 946.36 ml uncooked egg noodles
• 236.59 ml cream-style cottage cheese
• 226.79 g package cream cheese, softened
• 59.14 ml sour cream
• 78.78 ml green onion, sliced
• 59.14 ml parmesan cheese, shredded
• 1 green pepper, chopped (optional)

directions

1. In large skillet, cook meat and onion until meat is lightly browned and onion is tender.
2. Stir in tomato sauce, sugar, salt, garlic salt, and pepper.
3. Remove from heat.
4. Meanwhile, cook noodles according to package directions and drain.
5. Combine cottage cheese, cream cheese, sour cream, green onion and optional green pepper.
6. Spread 1/2 the noodles in a 9 x 12 pan; top with a little meat sauce then cover with cheese mixture.
7. Add remaining noodles and meat sauce.
8. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
9. Bake at 350F for 30 minutes.

Reviews

[kathiesmallwood]

Made this for my family and they loved it. The only thing I did different is double the spices. Next time I will use more meat which means I will need another can of sauce. Can't wait to make it again.

 

[Covelli]

Great recipe! I changed things around quite a bit, but the combo of the cream cheese, cott. cheese, and sour cream were great! I made mine sort of like a lasagna and the family loved it! I sauted the beef with the onions and green pepper and then added fresh garlic, salt, and pepper to taste. I then threw in a jar of my fav. spagetti sauce. I boiled some barilla plus noodles and tossed them in olive oil and parm. cheese. I then placed the noodle mixture into a greased pan. Then I topped them with the 1 cup lowfat cott. cheese, 2 tbsp sour cream, 1/2 package of cream cheese and 1/2 tsp garlic powder. Then I poured the meat sauce over the cheese mixture and topped with parm. cheese and colby jack (it was all I had:)! It turned out excellent!!!!

 

[karen]

Definitely easy and best defined as comfort food. I found that the cheese layer tasted too much like cottage cheese for me. I think that adding more garlic or spices to that layer might help. Overall, I thought it made for a great dinner that will a little tweaking on spices, could be a great dish.