meatball and noodle baked casserole
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This is one of my favorite casseroles to make. I live alone, so I will make this casserole and have my meal, then I like to portion out the leftovers and put in nice little individual sized containers and throw those in my freezer. Then when I come home from work another night, whether it's next week or one night next month, I can simply pull one of these out and put it in the microwave which makes an easy meal and then I don't have to cook that night. Also nice to take to work for lunches. Good stuff!!
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Ingredients For meatball and noodle baked casserole
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1-1/2 lbground beef or ground turkey
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1-1/2 cbread crumbs
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1/2 cchopped onion
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1/2 ctomato sauce
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1/2 tspsalt
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1/4 tsppepper
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4 Tbspbutter or margarine
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1/4 cflour
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2-1/4 cbeef broth
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1 cmilk
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1/2 cgrated parmesan cheese
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1 Tbsptomato paste
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1/2 tspgarlic powder
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2 cshredded mozzarella cheese
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18-10 oz. package noodles, cooked according to package directions
How To Make meatball and noodle baked casserole
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1Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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2In mixing bowl, combine ground meat, bread crumbs, onion, tomato sauce, salt and pepper. Mix well.
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3Form meat mixture into 24 small balls, (or size them to your preference).
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4Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a skillet. Brown the meat balls on all sides and remove from skillet. Set aside.
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5Add remaining butter (2 tablespoons) to skillet.
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6Blend in the flour. Stir in beef broth and milk. Cook until thick and bubbling, stirring occasionally.
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7Add 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese, tomato paste, and garlic powder. Mix well. (Continue to stir on low heat with wooden spoon until sauce thickens.)
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8While sauce is cooking (taking care that it doesn't scald), cook the noodles according to package directions, and drain when done.
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9In a casserole dish, place a layer of noodles, meatballs, another layer of noodles, then meatballs, and top with a last layer of noodles.
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10Pour sauce over entire casserole. Sprinkle Mozzarella over the sauce. Cover and bake for about 40 minutes at 350 degrees.
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