Italian Pasta Bake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef
• 1 1/2 cups tomato sauce (i use a jarred spaghetti sauce like prego)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• oregano
• pepper
• 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sour cream
• 3 green onions, with tops, chopped
• 10 ounces egg noodles, cooked and drained
• 1 1/2 cups grated parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 brown the ground beef in a skillet, stirring until crumbly; drain. add the tomato sauce, salt, sugar, garlic powder, oregano and pepper. simmer for 30 minutes.
• 2 combine the cream cheese, sour cream and green onions in a bowl; set aside.
• 3 cook the noodles according to package directions and drain.
• 4 layer the noodles, sour cream mixture, tomato sauce mixture and parmesan cheese, 1/2 at a time in a greased 9x13 inch baking dish. bake at 350*f for 20 minutes or until heated through. you can make this a day ahead if you want, it also freezes very well.