It’s the flu season again, and this year it has turned our life upside down. Everyone in our family has been more or less unconscious over the last few weeks. So far, the bug hasn’t reached me (knock on wood), which is great because I have been trying to hold everything together! It’s not always easy to take care of your sick kids, while trying to work from home, and serve dinner to anyone who still has an appetite. Thank goodness I have a bunch of easy dinner recipes I always turn to, when I need to cook something super tasty with very little effort.
These are some of the recipes I have been making lately, and I guarantee they are scrumptious! If a 5-year-old, feverish child with a runny nose wants a second serving, I think it’s safe to say the food is good, haha!
These comforting, easy dinner recipes have been true lifesavers, and I am actually making #3 tonight (a steaming hot bowl of savory soup will make anyone feel better in an instant, right?) If you’ve tried some of these recipes already, I’d love to know which one was your favorite. So don’t forget to leave a comment below!
6 Easy Dinner Recipes, #6
Have you ever had one of those days where you just want to throw something together for dinner and not have to burdened with standing in the kitchen for hours? Pasta casserole is a wonderful make-ahead meal for an even better time-saving measure. Simply put together all of the ingredients into a greased casserole dish and cover with aluminum foil.
6 easy dinner recipes pasta casserole
Place the dish in the fridge until the next day when you are ready to bake it. Genius! My Aunt Betty was the first woman in our family to make this delicious cheesy pasta casserole.
I send my compliments to Auntie Betty for this amazing recipe. Pasta casserole is a favorite in my household, too.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pound ground beef
- 1/2 teaspoon McCormick garlic salt
- 1 teaspoon Domino sugar
- 1 teaspoon Morton salt
- 6 green onion stems chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 cans Campbell’s tomato soup
- 4 ounces Philadelphia cream cheese
- 1 cup Daisy sour cream
- grated cheese for the topping
- noodles of your choice. . .8 0unces
Instructions
In a large skillet, fry the ground beef, breaking it up and browning it.
Add the garlic salt, salt, sugar, chopped green onions, and pepper. Simmer a few minutes.
Add the two cans of tomato soup and simmer a few minutes.
In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and the sour cream.
Cook the noodles until just tender.
In a 9 X 13 pan, layer the meat sauce, noodles, and cream cheese/sour cream sauce.
Repeat and then top with grated cheese.
Bake at 350 for one hour.