Recipes

Serves: 8

Serving size: 1 cup

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Ingredients

• 1/2 pound ground beef
• 1/2 onion, chopped (about 1/2 cup)
• 2 cloves garlic, minced or 1/4 teaspoons garlic powder
• 3 cups spaghetti or pasta sauce (26 to 28 ounces)
• 1 cup water
• 8 ounces wide noodles
• 1 10-ounce package chopped spinach, thawed
• 1 12-ounce container lowfat cottage cheese
• 1/2 cup (4 ounces) shredded mozzarella cheese
• Optional: fresh or canned, drained sliced mushrooms

Instructions

1. Wash hands.
2. Cook ground beef, onions, and garlic together in a large skillet or electric fry pan; stir to prevent sticking. When ground beef has turned brown transfer mixture to a colander set over a bowl and rinse with hot water to remove grease. Return mixture to skillet.
3. Add spaghetti sauce and water to skillet and bring to a boil.
4. Add uncooked noodles, stir, cover with lid, turn down the heat, and cook 5 minutes.
5. Squeeze the thawed spinach with your clean hands to remove the juice and then stir into the pan. Add mushrooms if you like. Cover and simmer 5 minutes.
6. Spoon cottage cheese over the top. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese, put the lid on and let it heat another 5 to 10 minutes until heated through and noodles are tender.