Sunday Night Noodles

Of course, you can enjoy this dish any time, but we call it Sunday Night Noodles because it's light and easy, and uses ingredients that we all usually have on hand at the end of the weekend.

Serves: 6

Cooking Time: 55 min

Ingredients

• 1 pound medium egg noodles
• 1 (10-ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
• 2 cups cottage cheese
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted
• 1/4 cup dry bread crumbs

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 9- x 13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
    
2. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook noodles to desired doneness; drain.
    
3. In a large bowl, mix thawed spinach, cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese, sour cream, salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning. Stir in noodles then spoon mixture into prepared baking dish.
    
4. In a small bowl, combine melted butter and bread crumbs. Sprinkle over noodle mixture then bake, covered, for 45 minutes.
    

Note

For variety, you can add chopped parsley, scallions, dill or caraway seed. Make it your own and make it different every time!