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FEED ME FRIDAY

Thanks for helping me name the Friday recipe posts! And the winner is … FEED ME FRIDAY suggested by Susan Smith! Thanks to Susan. I will have to cook you up something yummy to thank you for your great idea. 🙂

For the first Feed Me Friday, I want to share a recipe that came to me from a church cookbook. It makes enough for 3 or 4 meals, so it’s very freezer friendly. It’s “casserole” style and goes well with a salad and french bread or English muffins. I really like this as comfort food when it’s rainy or cold. You won’t win any awards for “cooking light” with this one, but it will stick to your ribs and fill you up with a “one dish has everything” feel to it. When the kids got home from cross country practice Thursday and Jake announced, “I need food fast and lots of it!” I was glad I had this ready for dinner.   It’s authentically Italian from a real Italian lady who passed it on to us. Enjoy!

Johnniemachetta

• 4 lbs ground beef
• 2 peppers (any color is fine) chopped
• 2 small cans mushrooms (drained)
• 2 cans sliced water chestnuts (drained)
• 2 12 oz. egg noodles (cooked and drained)
• 1 block Velveeta cheese (You can use a non-processed cheese, if you like that better)
• 1/2 t. each of salt and pepper and about the same (to taste) of red pepper
• 28 oz. spaghetti sauce
• 32 oz. tomato sauce

Brown the ground beef and drain it. Saute the next 3 ingredients until tender. In a large pot, mix the ground beef, saute mixture, and spices. Next, stir in the cooked noodles. Finally, stir in the sauces.

Spray casserole pans with non-stick spray; you could use 3 medium or 1 large and 1 medium. Our family of 4 “big people” will eat one medium pan full and have enough leftover for lunch. Layer pasta mixture and slices of Velveeta (or other cheese, if you prefer) two times. Cover and bake at 350 for one hour. Turn the oven down to 200 degrees and bake for one more hour.

If you want to save some for later, you can freeze before you bake or after. Wrap well and freeze; thaw and bake before serving.

This is a satisfying and comforting dish that fills you up. Make one batch over the weekend, and you’ll have two more dinners ready for another day when you don’t feel like cooking!

What are you cooking this Feed Me Friday?