Reviewed: May 20, 2009

Unfortunately, after gathering all of the ingredients, I realized that I didn't have a baking dish I could use in the oven. I had to adapt, so I cooked up the beef, onion and celery in a pot with the taco seasoning, salt, pepper, and hot pepper flakes. Once the beef was cooked, I added the tomatoes and salsa, and simmered a bit. I added about a cup of water, kidney beans and corn. Finally, I through in the egg noodles and let them cook in the juices. I served it up with a dollop of sour cream, crushed tortilla chips and shredded cheese on top. It was so good, my husband and I each had two bowls! The best thing was, since I did have to modify the recipe, I had barely had any dishes to clean up at the end. :)

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linda

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Jan. 16, 2009

My husband loved it -- i did tweak it a little. I used a packet of williams chili seasoning and a can of red kidney beans instead of taco seasoning and canned chili. I also added garlic salt and a small can of diced green chilies. I used frozen sweet corn instead of caned corn. It was very good.

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Helen

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Overland Park, Kansas, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 10, 2008

This was actually the best hamburger casserole that I've had. I liked the Mexican flair to it! I followed the recipe exactly except just used a half a can of corn and omitted the celery. Oh, I added cheese on top too.

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winansphd

Reviewed: Aug. 26, 2008

This was pretty good but not spectacular, and easy. I mostly made it as is, except I always substitute onion power or juice since I have a cooked onion texture hang-up. It sort of reminded me of a mild chili with noodles. Has the added bonus that I usually have these ingredients around so it's good for spur of the moment. Also good for lunch leftovers for work. Cheese nor sour cream occured to me (duh), but both sound like good additions.

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Erimess

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: May 1, 2008

I made this last night for my family and it was a huge hit! I substituted rice for egg noodles (was out of noodles), and used salsa with cheese blended in instead of regular salsa. I also added a little garlic to the hamburger and onion as I was cooking it, and added shreaded cheese blend on top of the mixture, baking as directed. My wife had seconds and thirds, and my 5 year old son loved it too (and he is pretty picky). I will try this again!

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Stan Crowder

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Living In: Columbia, Maryland, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 27, 2008

very easy--tasty--most items I usually have on hand.

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Lori

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Mar. 19, 2008

This meal was pretty good. I added jalapenos and garlic also some hard tortilla shells underneath the cheese. I still want to experiment with this one as it was kind of bland. Next time I will try rice as recommended by other reviewers. But all in all not bad.

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pnkrockgrl24

Reviewed: Jan. 27, 2008

This was very good and quite easy to make. We will definitely keep the recipe handy.

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DRFOOTBALL

Reviewed: Jan. 7, 2008

I just made this the other night and it turned out really good! I didnt have everything on the list so I had to alter it a little. I didnt have any celery so I just ommited that. I didnt have any chili so I used pork and beans and spiced them up with some red pepper flakes and kicken chicken seasoning (really gave it great flavor!) I used rice instead of noodles as recommended in the other review, topped it with cheese at the end and served it with a dollop of sour cream. Great reheated for lunch the next day too. My husband wants me to keep it as a regular dinner option. : )

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