Light Italian Casserole

Name: Light Italian Casserole
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 454 grams light pasteurized prepared cheese product; 6 green onions, chopped; 907 grams lean ground beef or ground round; 1 teaspoons Italian seasoning; 227 grams package light cream cheese, softened; 473 milliliters pasta sauce; 227 grams light sour cream; 411 grams HUNTS Diced Tomatoes with Green Pepper, Celery & Onions; 170 grams wide egg noodles

The recipe Light Italian Casserole could satisfy your Mediterranean craving in about 45 minutes. This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains approximately 30g of protein, 22g of fat, and a total of 420 calories. 1 person found this recipe to be flavorful and satisfying. It will be a hit at your Autumn event. Head to the store and pick up pasteurized cheese product, ground round, pasta sauce, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the sour cream you could follow this main course with the Sour Cream Apple Pie as a dessert.

Instructions

Cook egg noodles according to package directions; drain. Stir together egg noodles and chopped green onions; set aside.

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Green Onions

Egg Noodles

Cook ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat, stirring until it crumbles and is no longer pink; drain and return to skillet. Stir in pasta sauce, diced tomatoes, and Italian seasoning.

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Italian Seasoning

Ground Beef

Pasta Sauce

Tomato

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Frying Pan

Cut cheese loaf into 1/2-inch cubes; reserve and set aside 1 cup. Stir together remaining cheese cubes, sour cream, and cream cheese.

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Cream Cheese

Sour Cream

Cheese

Spoon one-third of ground beef mixture into a 13- x 9-inch baking dish; top with half of noodle mixture and half of sour cream mixture. Repeat layers once.

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Ground Beef

Sour Cream

Pasta

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Baking Pan

Spoon remaining one-third of ground beef mixture over sour cream mixture, and sprinkle evenly with reserved 1 cup of cheese cubes.

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Ground Beef

Sour Cream

Cheese

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly.

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Cheese

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Oven

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Frying Pan

Baking Pan

Oven

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Servings:

454grams

light pasteurized prepared cheese product 6

green onions, chopped 907grams

lean ground beef or ground round 1teaspoons

Italian seasoning 227grams

package light cream cheese, softened 473milliliters

pasta sauce 227grams

light sour cream 411grams

HUNT'S Diced Tomatoes with Green Pepper, Celery & Onions 170grams

wide egg noodles

Recommended wine: Chianti, Trebbiano, Verdicchio

Chianti, Trebbiano, and Verdicchio are my top picks for Italian. Italians know food and they know wine. Trebbiano and Verdicchio are Italian white wines that pair well with fish and white meat, while Chianti is a great Italian red for heavier, bolder dishes. The Antinori Badian a Passignano Chianti Classico Gran Selezione with a 4.6 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 60 dollars per bottle.