Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Pizza Casserole


 This is one of those easy, go-to, quick, and delicious dishes.  My Mom has been making it for a long time.  Usually, she makes it without any of the optional add-ins, and it is still really good.  But, if you want to zest the dish up a little, go-ahead and add any of the add-ins you want.
My Mom was planning on making it the other night, but I had a cooking urge, so I made it.  I decided to try it with the add-ins and it was delicious!
A couple notes:  You may not need to use the entire package of cooked noodles.  Just add enough to your liking.  Also, if it seems to be a little too dry you can juice it up some with more ketchup.


Pizza Casserole

2 lbs. cooked ground beef
1 can pizza sauce
1 can tomato soup
ketchup (about 1/3 cup)
brown sugar (about 2 T.)
cheese (about 1/2 cup - part mixed in & part on top)
cooked noodles

Optional Add-Ins:

chopped onion or minced onion (1 T.)
chopped green pepper or minced green pepper (1 T.)
oregano (1 t.)
Italian seasoning (1/2 t.)
dash of salt
dash of pepper

Mix all the ingredient together.  Bake at 350 degrees until hot, about 1 hour.

Usually we have the hamburger all cooked up and ready to go before hand - either in the fridge or the freezer.  So, then we just mix all the ingredients together.  But, if you are cooking the meat right before you make it, you can cook and drain it, and then add the other ingredients, except the noodles, and let it simmer until blended.  Then you can mix the meat mixture with the noodles and bake in a casserole dish.



Enjoy!  It was sooo good!

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