Sour Cream Noodle Bake

The Pioneer Woman posted a recipe for Sour Cream Noodle Bake last week that I thought I would like to try out. After thinking about it a while and getting some feedback from my friend over at Hooked to Books who attempted the recipe the day it was posted, I decided to try and mash-up that recipe with one I had tried a few months ago for Crock Pot Pizza which made a ton of food, but the leftovers ended up being more of a casserole than a layered dish...which for me really just meant that the pepperoni got unevenly distributed and that was sad not to have pepperoni in every bite 0=)

Also, this recipe makes me want a shallow baking dish that is not a pan pie...but I used my deep dish pie pan as a decent substitute since I'm sort of in love with it.

Sour Cream Noodle Bake

Adapted from The Pioneer Woman

Serves 6

1 lb. ground beef

15 oz can tomato sauce

6 oz egg noodles

1/2 c. sour cream

1 c. cottage cheese

1/4 c. green onion, chopped

2 Tbsp fresh parsley, chopped

1 oz pepperoni

4 oz. shredded cheddar cheese

Italian Seasoning, salt and pepper, to taste

1. Brown the beef in a large skillet with some Italian Seasoning and then add in the tomato sauce.
2. Cook egg noodles according to the package instructions, drain.
3. In a large bowl combine the noodles, sour cream, cottage cheese, parsley, and green onion. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
4. In a lightly greased baking dish layer:
   - 1/2 of the noodle mixture
   - pepperoni (I only made a single layer over the noodles, you could add more if you liked)
   -1/2 of the sauce
   -1/2 of the cheese
   -1/2 noodles
   -1/2 sauce
   -1/2 cheese
5. Bake for 20 minutes at 350.

The pie pan turned out to be a great idea although the whole dish got a little runny which would probably be remedied if the tomato sauce had been allowed to reduce a bit. All in all this turned out great and even Hubby liked it and he's been pretty down on casserole-type dishes of late. Granted the Snickerdoodle Blondies I had waiting for him when he came home from a long day of work (during which he forgot to eat lunch) probably helped ;-)