Poor Man Husband Casserole
This "poor man's meal" is delicious and works with any budget.
Poor Man Husband Casserole is an "everything but the kitchen sink" type recipe. This easy and cheap casserole recipe is super tasty and will keep your wallet happy. When you're looking for budget friendly meals (aka poor man meals), it doesn't get better than this. Ground beef, cream cheese, sour cream, noodles, and cheese and tomato sauce make up this simple dinner casserole recipe. You can modify the ingredients based on what you already have at home, or make it as is. Either way, you'll have a super convenient and tasty casserole recipe that everyone will love. Get that fork ready, because dinner is served.
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 (8-ounce) cans tomato sauce
- 12 ounces egg noodles
- 8 ounces sour cream
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 1 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese, shredded
Poor Man Husband Casserole Recipe
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
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Cook and drain ground beef.
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Mix beef with garlic, salt, honey and tomato sauce. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
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Cook and drain egg noodles.
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Mix sour cream and cream cheese together in a small bowl.
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Place noodles in casserole dish. Add cream cheese mixture on top. Add ground beef mixture, then cheddar cheese.
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Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
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Crafty Suz
Aug 09, 2018
I'm tempted to try this. I'm not much for cream cheese so I may substitute with ricotta. This kind of reminds me of lasagna. I can see where it would be a quicker meal to put together. Has anyone tried it with ground turkey? Either way poultry or beef it does look good to me.

marciejohnson 5071 860
May 20, 2018
Why can't I save a recipe anymore. I have no save button. I used to.

ErinJ
May 11, 2018
DELICIOUS! I love the combination of cheese, cream cheese, ground beef, and noodles... all of my comfort food favorites in one casserole!

Jim Moriarty
May 10, 2018
I don't know who that broke guy husband man was, but his budget-friendly concoction was pretty decent.

Sleepy Jules
May 10, 2018
Yummm - I always love the combination of cream cheese and ground beef. This was super tasty!

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