Friendship Casserole Recipe! Great to Share and Freeze For Next Time!

Friendship Casserole is a huge hit in my house! The kids have loved it every time we have made it!! The second time I did up two larger casserole dishes instead of these three smaller casserole pans pictured and we froze one and cooked one!!! (I have included links to some great products that I have bought on my own to make my life easier. You can buy them too through my online sales links.)

We served this with breadsticks and a salad!! Way cheaper than a night out to dinner and everyone loved it!  I make this at least once a month it’s such a good casserole to make for a busy soccer practice night!

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Friendship Casserole Ingredients:

•  2 lbs ground beef
• 1 (48 oz) jar spaghetti sauce
• 2-3 tbsp minced garlic (original recipe calls for 3-4 garlic cloves, minced, or 1/2 tsp garlic powder)
• 1 (16 oz) pkg medium egg noodles
• 1/2 cup margarine or butter
• I used a dash of minced onion (Original recipe calls for 3/4 tsp onion powder or 1/2 onion)
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 12 oz shredded mozzarella cheese

Friendship Casserole Directions:

Preheat oven to 350, begin the meat browning and start the egg noodles boiling

Strain the ground meat and egg noodles when they are done.  (I tend to pull out my frozen ground beef see my post on tips for this -> here)

Divide the browned hamburger into 2 9X13 pans with the sauce and seasonings.  I prefer to use glass casserole pans they clean so much easier. If you don’t have these you need to get them! Plus they are perfect for freezing your casseroles in as well for eating later on or passing on to another family.

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Put egg noodles in pan removed from heat and mix with butter and parm cheese

Spread half the sauce mixture over the bottom of both pans

Divide noodles over the sauce mixture of both pans

Spread the remaining sauce over noodles in both pans

Top both pans with mozzarella cheese

Then either freeze or cook till cheese is melted!!

Mine takes about 10 minutes when everything was just prepared!

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Friendship Casserole

Friendship casserole is a quick and easy meal the whole family will love! Be sure to check it out and pin it!! Makes enough to share a casserole or freeze!

Course Dinner, Easy Dinner

Cuisine American, Italian

Keyword casserole, cheese, eggnoodle, Pasta

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Servings 30

Ingredients

• 2 lbs ground beef
• 48 oz Spaghetti
• 2-3 tbsp minced garlic
• 1 16 oz pkg medium egg noodles
• 1/2 cup margarine or butter
• Dash of minced onion
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 12 oz shredded mozzarella cheese

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350, begin the meat browning and start the egg noodles boiling
2. Strain the ground meat and egg noodles when they are done.
3. Divide the browned hamburger in 2 9X13 pans with the sauce and seasonings.
4. Put egg noodles in pan removed from heat and mix with butter and parm cheese
5. Spread half the sauce mixture over the bottom of both pans
6. Divide noodles over the sauce mixture of both pans
7. Spread the remaining sauce over noodles in both pans
8. Top both pans with mozzarella cheese
9. Then either freeze or cook till cheese is melted!!
10. Mine takes about 10 minutes when everything was just prepared!

Recipe Notes

*orginal recipe calls for 3-4 garlic cloves, minced, or 1/2 tsp garlic powder

*Original recipe calls for 3/4 tsp onion powder or 1/2 onion

Thanks to my friend Amber for showing me this recipe from the Newlyweds Blog!