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Cheesy Spinach and Beef Casserole,Finally, a way to get even your pickiest eaters to eat their spinach! This is a filling and quick casserole that can easily be made low fat if you use ground turkey and low-fat cheese. Serve with a green salad and some french bread and dinner is served!,It is worth stating that my intent from the outset was not to duplicate this casserole as it was originally posted but instead to find a recipe suitable to use up some ingredients left over from previous cooking sessions. I had some ground beef precooked with chopped onions and mushrooms and some spinach that needed to be used up. Additionally, the casserole would have to be divided into somewhat equal portions to be sent to different locations, with some to be frozen for future use. All of the following ingredients used were in the quantities as listed in the originally recipe including: the ground beef, cream of mushroom soup, diced onions, chopped garlic, noodles and cheese. What I added was 1/2 cup of cream, 1 tablespoon of corn starch, 1 tablespoon of flour, 1 cup of frozen peas (thawed), 1 cup of seasoned bread crumbs and a bit more olive oil. The differences in directions were as follows: I mixed the cream of mushroom soup in a separate mixing bowl with the 1/2 cup of cream, whisked in the flour and cornstarch as well as 1/2 teaspoon of pepper and salt, with 3/4 teaspoon of garlic powder. This was then poured into the wok over the sauteed onions, additional mushrooms and crushed garlic and left to simmer for a few minutes. This creamy mixture was then mixed with the noodles and half of the cheese, then poured into the casserole pan. The remaining cheese was sprinkled evenly across the top. Then in another small mixing bowl I made a breadcrumb paste with olive oil and half of the breadcrumbs, spreading it evenly across the top of the topping cheese. The remaining dry bread crumbs were simply sprinkled evenly across the top of the now ready to bake casserole. The flour and corn starch worked perfectly to allow me to cut the casserole into portions.
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