Judi’s Beef Noodle Casserole.

Our expert cook and momtrepreneur Judi shares her easy peasy recipe for a quick dinner. You can assemble this anytime (up until the cook-in-oven part) and refrigerate or freeze it until you want to serve.

Preheat oven to 350 while returning a phone call. Then boil some water and throw in 8 ounces of wide egg noodles, or grab leftover noodles from last night’s dinner.

Take an email break to gather together the following:

2 lbs ground beef or turkey :: 1 large onion, chopped :: 2 cloves garlic, pressed :: ¾ tsp salt :: ¼ tsp pepper :: 7 ½ oz. small can sliced olives :: 15 ½ oz can tomato sauce :: 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese :: 1 T Chili Powder (optional) :: 1 small can sliced mushrooms (optional).

Finish up a conference call while you saute an onion until soft. Add garlic, sauté another minute. Add meat, brown and then drain any excess oil. Text a message to your Twitter account. Add salt pepper and chili powder and olives. Mix in tomato sauce. Cook covered about 20 minutes. Then return a few emails.

Take off heat and add 1 ½ cups cheese, stirring until melted. Add those cooked noodles, and then Twitter about how easy this was. Put mixture in 9×13 pyrex, top with remaining ½ cup cheese and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

Delicious.  And productive.