Shelly's Recipe

EIGHT-LAYER CASSEROLE

Category: Casseroles - Beef

1 lb ground beef
2 (8 oz) cans tomato sauce
1 tsp dried basil, crushed
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 cup dairy sour cream
1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup milk
2 tbsp chopped onion
6 oz noodles, cooked and drained
1 (10 oz) pkg frozen chopped spinach, cooked and well-drained
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

In a large skillet, cook beef until brown. Drain off fat.

Stir in tomato sauce, basil, sugar, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Bring to boiling. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes.

Combine sour cream, cream cheese, milk, and onion. In a greased 2-quart casserole or an 8x8x2-inch baking dish, layer half the noodles, half the meat, half the cream-cheese mixture and all the spinach. Top with the remaining meat and noodles.

Cover; bake at 350 for 45 minutes. (Chill remaining cream-cheese mixture.) Spread with cream-cheese mixture. Top with the cheddar cheese. Bake, uncovered, for 10 minutes more. Makes 6 servings.