Beef Lombardi

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with mild green chilies (i used a 14/5 ounce can)
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 bay leaf
• 6 ounces medium egg noodles
• 6 green onions, chopped
• 1 cup reduced-fat sour cream
• 4 ounces shredded reduced-fat mozzarella cheese
• 1/2-1 cup shredded reduced-fat cheddar cheese
• 1/2-1 cup shredded parmesan cheese
• cooking spray

Recipe

• 1 cook ground beef until no longer pink, then drain.
• 2 stir in diced tomatoes, diced tomatoes with green chilies, sugar, salt, and pepper.
• 3 cook for 5 minutes.
• 4 add tomato paste and bay leaf, and simmer for 30 minutes.
• 5 cook the egg noodles according to package directions; drain.
• 6 combine cooked noodles, chopped green onions, and sour cream until well blended.
• 7 place noodle mixture in bottom of a 13 by 9 inch baking baking dish lightly coated with cooking spray.
• 8 top with beef mixture; sprinkle evenly with cheeses.
• 9 cover with aluminum foil and bake at 350° for 35 minutes.
• 10 uncover and bake 5 minutes more.
• 11 enjoy!
• 12 if you want, you can garnish it with fresh parsley sprigs!