Recipe: Carry Out Casserole

Carry Out Casserole
Servings 12

1 8-oz. pkg. wide egg noodles
2 lbs. ground beef
1 T. butter
2 cups tomato sauce
2 T. flour
2 cups cottage cheese
1 cup sour cream
1 t. salt
1/2 t. pepper
1/4 cup chopped black olives
1/3 cup grated onion
1/2 cup chopped green or red pepper
1 T. butter grated Parmesan cheese

Cook noodles according to package directions in boiling salted water. Drain. Brown beef in 2 T. butter. Mix tomato sauce with flour, add to beef, and simmer for 10 minutes. Mix cottage cheese with sour cream, salt and pepper, and olives. Saute onion and green pepper in 1 T. butter and add to cottage cheese mixture. Place half the noodles in greased 3-qt. casserole dish. Spread with cottage cheese mixture, top this with remaining noodles, and cover all with beef mixture. Sprinkle, if desired, with grated cheese. Bake at 350 F. for 30-40 minutes or until heated through.