Economical, Quick, and Easy Beef and Noodle Casserole That's favorable For Diabetics, Too

This is a perfect formula for today's busy cooks. It is quick, simple, and economical. You can even make it ahead, refrigerate, and pop it in the oven when you get home from work, the game, kids practice, music lessons, dance lessons, etc. You can put a unblemished meal on the table for your family in barely more time than fast food. And with the meat and dairy products in this dish, it allows diabetics to enjoy noodles.

Beef And Noodle Casserole

Meat Casseroles

1 package (8 oz) no-yolk noodles

2 lbs lean ground beef

1 can (8 oz) tomato sauce

2 tbsp flour

2 cups low-fat bungalow cheese

1 cup sour cream

1/2 cup chopped onion

1/3 cup chopped green bell pepper

1 tsp garlic salt

1/4 tsp oregano

1/2 tsp basil

1/2 cup low-fat Mozzarella cheese, shredded

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cook noodles according to package directions. Remove from heat and drain in a colander. Spray a large skillet with non-stick cooking spray; add meat and cook until browned. Drain meat in a large colander and rinse with hot water to Remove any fat. Return meat to skillet and stir in the tomato sauce and flour. Simmer for ten minutes. In a bowl, integrate bungalow cheese, sour cream, onion, bell pepper and spices. Spray an oblong casserole dish with non-stick vegetable spray. Put half of the noodles in the lowest of the casserole dish. Spread the bungalow cheese mixture over the noodles. Top the bungalow cheese mixture with the remaining noodles. Cover with the meat mixture. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle shredded cheese over the top. Let set at least 10 minutes before serving.

Enjoy!

Economical, Quick, and Easy Beef and Noodle Casserole That's favorable For Diabetics, Too

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Mexican Noodle Casserole

Looking for something new and exciting to make for dinner? Why not try a Mexican noodle casserole? Full of savory heat and cheese, this dish is simple to make and offers a great way to use leftover turkey. Turkey was one of the native birds of Mexico and has been on the Mexican menu for hundreds of years. If you thought that turkey didn't fit with Mexican cuisine, you can take this as your new lesson for the day. If you don't have turkey, you can easily substitute chicken.

Sopa Seca uses toasted pasta to lend a unique texture to the casserole. The flavor of this casserole is intense and delicious. You can also substitute rice for the pasta for a little different texture. You can also make this without meat if you prefer it to be a side dish. Sopa Seca is a traditional Mexican comfort food. You can always pick up some authentic Mexican cotija cheese to use instead of cheddar if you wish.

Meat Casseroles

Recipe for Sopa Seca

This cheesy casserole is full of flavor.

What You Need

1/4 cup oil, plus a little extra for the pan 12 ounces bundled vermicelli pasta 1 medium onion, chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 teaspoon dried oregano, Mexican if you can get it 1 teaspoon chili powder 1 bay leaf 1-1/2 cups canned whole tomatoes 1 to 2 chipotles en adobo sauce, minced 1-1/2 cups chicken broth 1 teaspoon salt Freshly ground black pepper 2 cups smoked turkey, shredded 1 cup cheddar cheese, coarsely grated Sour cream thinned with a small amount of milk (optional)

How to Make It

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F.

Apply a thin coat of oil in a 9 inch square baking dish. Heat the rest of the oil in a large skillet over medium heat on the stove. Add the pasta and let them cook. Turn them with tongs as needed until they are golden brown on all sides. This takes about 5 minutes. Remove the pasta bundles and any extra pieces to a plate.

Add onion to the skillet and let it cook until golden brown, stirring occasionally. Add the garlic, oregano, chili powder, and bay leaf, cooking until they become fragrant (about 30 seconds). Using your hands, crush the tomatoes over the pot and let the juices join the tomato pieces in the pot. Add the chipotles. Raise the heat to high and let this mixture cook until thick, about 2 minutes. Add the broth, toasted pasta, salt and pepper. Bring the mixture to a boil. Lower the heat and let it simmer gently without a cover. Break up the pasta with a spoon. Let cook about 5 minutes, and then add the turkey.

Remove the bay leaf. Move the mixture to your baking dish. Sprinkle the cheese generously over the top and loosely cover the dish with foil. Let the casserole bake until the cheese melts and everything is hot throughout; about 20 minutes. If you wish, serve with thinned sour cream drizzled over the top.

Serves 4

Mexican Noodle Casserole

Mexican recipes are delicious. Don't stick to the same old Americanized recipes; try some authentic easy Mexican recipes and bring home the real flavor of Mexico. It goes far beyond the usual tacos and burritos.

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Let's Cook Your First Tuna Noodle Casserole Dish!

The Casserole, we all know them, we all enjoy them, what better way to use up some of your leftovers perhaps or save money along with eating healthier since you decided and control which ingredients you want in your casserole. An awesome classic, lots of us remember these from our childhood years? Mom serving tuna, bean, beef, and chicken casseroles that she made in her own kitchen with leftovers?

Making them is simple, dinner, lunch, or even for a movie snack. Learning how to prepare them can be great fun and add to your kitchen skills as well. Here is a family favorite to make yourself:

Meat Casseroles

Tuna Casserole
For over fifty (50) years this has been a favorite in our family.

2 cups macaroni (elbow), al dente, firm
1 cup Velveeta Cheese, cubed (substitute for any cheese that you can cube and melts easy)
2 cans (Large) tuna, drain
1 15 ounce can peas, drain
1 15 ounce can diced tomatoes (plain), including juice
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup cornflake crumbs for topping sprinkles
While your macaroni cooks, in a large mixing bowl gently fold following ingredients together: tuna, tomatoes, salt, peas, milk, and eggs. (Note: you might wish to breakup instead of mashing the tuna). Next the cheese should be folded into the mixture.
Drain your pasta and mix into the mix you just made above. Now put it in a 2-1/2 to 3 quart casserole dish. Sprinkle with the cornflakes over the top. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 45 minutes. Yield 6-8 portions.

The nice thing about casseroles is that you can have many variations to one recipe. Start with a basic recipe and add or adjust things to allow you to use up leftovers like broccoli, extra diced vegetables (onion, peppers), add different types of cheese to taste. With each new recipe you come up with you will see what you like the best and least and can discover new combinations from there.

One other thing you can do is look up online, Google casserole or one pot meal, etc. and see what variations they offer. Some sites even have their own videos of the casseroles being prepared for you ease in the kitchen. Experimenting with casseroles in the kitchen can help make you a better all around cook in your home too, you get the experience of trying different foods together for one thing and being able to utilize the leftovers that may have had to be tossed.

Let's Cook Your First Tuna Noodle Casserole Dish!

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Economical, Quick, and Easy Beef and Noodle Casserole That's Suitable For Diabetics, Too

This is a perfect recipe for today's busy cooks. It is quick, simple, and economical. You can even make it ahead, refrigerate, and pop it in the oven when you get home from work, the game, kids practice, music lessons, dance lessons, etc. You can put a complete meal on the table for your family in barely more time than fast food. And with the meat and dairy products in this dish, it allows diabetics to enjoy noodles.

BEEF AND NOODLE CASSEROLE

1 package (8 oz) no-yolk noodles

2 lbs lean ground beef

1 can (8 oz) tomato sauce

2 tbsp flour

2 cups low-fat cottage cheese

1 cup sour cream

1/2 cup chopped onion

1/3 cup chopped green bell pepper

1 tsp garlic salt

1/4 tsp oregano

1/2 tsp basil

1/2 cup low-fat Mozzarella cheese, shredded

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cook noodles according to package directions. Remove from heat and drain in a colander. Spray a large skillet with non-stick cooking spray; add meat and cook until browned. Drain meat in a large colander and rinse with hot water to remove any fat. Return meat to skillet and stir in the tomato sauce and flour. Simmer for ten minutes. In a bowl, combine cottage cheese, sour cream, onion, bell pepper and spices. Spray an oblong casserole dish with non-stick vegetable spray. Put half of the noodles in the bottom of the casserole dish. Spread the cottage cheese mixture over the noodles. Top the cottage cheese mixture with the remaining noodles. Cover with the meat mixture. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle shredded cheese over the top. Let set at least 10 minutes before serving.

Enjoy!

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Lasagna Noodle Casserole

Do you know the difference between a casserole, a pie and a pudding? If you just accept the dictionary definitions, trust me it is very misleading. I found this quite surprising since nowadays you can find almost anything by asking your favorite search engine. Technically, I could have used "pie" or "pudding" in the name for this recipe, but I decided on "casserole" because of mom.

My mom loved tofu, but she disliked Lasagna. That is maybe quite the opposite from many people, but it is true. This recipe contains tofu, which sounds like a warning, but hardly anyone ever suspects that. So, whenever I made this for a dinner where mom was a guest, I always called it "Italian Tofu Casserole." For all of the rest of you, I am making it more familiar and in the process leaving out the one word that might stop anyone from finding it. By the way, this is a great dish for company.

Back for a minute to my first point here, if you have any interest at all in understanding the history of casseroles, puddings and pies, please check out Wikipedia online to experience the major overlap. It offers more information that I need to cover here and it is very interesting. If you pursue that tip, or maybe instead of that suggestion, do not forget to also check out "comfort food," as it is sort of where it all ends up when labeling yummy favorites.

Lasagna, the dish, is named after Lasagna, the noodle, which was actually totally flat until it got curly in America to trap in the sauce. The noodles were named after the container itself or "chamber pot" as derived from the Greek word "lasanum." Most of the popular Lasagna recipes evolve from different meats, cheeses and sauces sharing space with these flat noodles, with or without curly edges. I say "most" because in this recipe and others you can substitute ingredients, and that even includes the noodles. I will include some suggestions for changes, but just so you know, none of them leave out the tofu. You could easily call this Sneaky Lasagna, because nobody ever notices the tofu, and I have never met a person who did not like it.

Here is what you need:

One package Lasagna noodles
One package firm Tofu
1 ½ lbs ground sirloin (Vegetarians keep reading please)
¼ lb Myzithra cheese grated
¾ lb Feta cheese crumbled
32 oz plus of crushed tomatoes
4 large garlic cloves chopped finely
Basil
Oregano
Olive oil

You might also need a few explanations and suggestions:

You can substitute the noodles with eggplant if so desired. Cut it lengthwise about ¼ inch thick and let it dry out a bit by placing in a colander for 30 minutes. You may replace the beef if you do not want meat, and you can also use ground turkey. Using chopped eggplant or zucchini can be used instead of any meat. Myzithra cheese used to be hard to find, but now it is available at larger health food stores. It is a Greek cheese that can be used in a lot of recipes, so it is worth locating. You will need about 2 quarts of the tomato mixture. This can be varied depending on your choice. I have used fresh tomatoes, canned crushed and even tomato puree. After adding some water you need to end up with 2 quarts, and I like mine fairly strong. I try to use fresh basil and oregano. That means you need to chop up fine, and you need about ¼ cup each, more according to your tastes. If you use dry versions, cut amounts by one third.

Now, putting it all together, and yes, it is worth it. Cook garlic and onion in olive oil until tender. Brown your ground sirloin and drain. Using a blender, make 2 quarts of liquid sauce with whatever form of tomatoes and water, usually works best doing two times because of amount. Combine all of the above with basil and oregano and heat up to a mild boil, and then simmer for at least one hour to enhance flavor. Do not overheat as that tends to shrink the amount.

Cover the bottom of a 9" by 13" pan with a light layer of sauce, followed with one layer of uncooked noodles. Slice the tofu and layer that on top of noodles, and cover with another helping of sauce. Next, do another layer of noodles and top with all the Feta cheese and the remainder of the sauce. Sprinkle all the Myzithra cheese on top. Cover and bake at 350 for an hour. Let it sit for about 20 minutes to cool and set up a bit.

This keeps well in the fridge for a few days which makes for great lunches. Also, I often make double sauce so it is ready in the freezer to use next time. Feel free to get creative with your sauce by spicing it up anyway you want. Just do me a favor, do not substitute the tofu or cheeses. That is what makes it so different, and it is a favorite around our house.

Enjoy!

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