Loaded California Casserole

By: Laura from Winner Dinners

By: Laura from Winner Dinners

Though the origins of this Loaded California Casserole's name are unknown, one thing is for sure: the taste of this ground beef casserole is out-of-this-world delicious! Made with garlic, tomato sauce, penne pasta, cream cheese, sour cream and more, this yummy pasta bake is a dinner the whole family will go crazy for. When you're tired of making the same old beef casserole recipes again and again, give this pasta casserole a try and prepare to be wowed by its incredible flavor and amazing array of ingredients!

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Serves6

Cooking Time25 min

Cooking MethodOven, Casserole

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Edmund K

Mar 22, 2017

What an intriguing recipe. The addition of the olives makes this quite unusual, and I've not used them before in a dish of this sort. I'm a bit indifferent to olives, but my wife loves them, so this will get made before too long. I like the change from noodles to penne pasta and I'm wondering if some other pasta shapes might work as well.

Janice L

Jan 27, 2017

This is my kind of recipe. Pasta dishes are my favorite, and are quick and easy to make. For a healthier version, I would do the following drain the fat off of the cooked ground beef before adding the other ingredients and make some substitutions in the casserole. I would use no salt added tomato sauce, lite cream cheese, lite sour cream, and low-fat cheddar cheese. Another variation could be topping the casserole with low-fat mozzarella cheese.

Ruthep

Jan 16, 2017

The sauce is similar to what I make for my traditional lasagna. I love the cream cheese/ sour cream layer. It is different for a pasta dish, but yummy and so creamy. The olives are great. I think mushrooms would be good in it also. If you have never had cheddar in a tomato pasta dish, try this.