Reviewed: May 14, 2011

Tasty casserole. I used Italian bread crumbs, onion and garlic powder to flavor - up the meatballs. Also sliced 1/2 onion and added with the potatoes (didn't peel these). Used an additional can of cream soup as others suggested. Thanks for another good way to have meatballs, one of my kid's faves!

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REALCOOKIE

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Burlington, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 15, 2011

This turned out really good tonight. As other did, I also popped the meatballs in the oven at 425 for 15 minutes. I added some fresh green beans, more potatoes than stated. I used salt/garlic powder/chopped onions instead of soup mix, and I used Lawry's seasoned salt on the potatoes to give them extra flavor after reading comments about it being bland. I'll make this again for sure.

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sewmuchstuff

Reviewed: Oct. 3, 2010

This is delicious! I've made it as written (except for baking the meatballs), but it always takes forever to cook. Last week, I tried it with a 30-oz. bag of frozen hash browns instead. I let it thaw just enough to break it apart and cooked the casserole for about 40 to 45 minutes. It was just as delicious, quick to make and cook, and easier than slicing potatoes! Also, I used a 9x13 dish since this casserole is so bulky.

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TaraKD

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Living In: Murphy, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 8, 2010

As with other reviews, actual cooking time is a lot longer than described - more like 2 hours+. I added chopped carrots and kale, but the recipe is versitile enough to add all kinds of different veggies.

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Pancake Mama

Reviewed: Oct. 28, 2009

I also baked the meatballs in the oven for 15 minutes instead of frying. I omitted the onion soup mix and used Italian-style bread crumbs and added 1/2 teaspoon salt to meat. I only had cream of potato soup on hand for the sauce, and also added 1/2 t. salt, 1/2 t. basil (which really added to the flavor), and a dash of liquid smoke. Instead of baking in the oven for 1 1/2 hours, I stuck the layers in my slow cooker and put it on high for 4 hours. It tasted really good! Next time I will probably add a 1/2 lb. ground sausage to 1 lb. ground beef for additional flavor. Otherwise, it tasted great with these changes!

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iamHis86

Reviewed: Jun. 3, 2009

This was pretty good. I followed the suggestion of many reviews and baked the meatballs for 15 minutes at 425. To the meatballs I added sauteed onion,celery and garlic. I didn't have any soup mix. I had 1 pound of ground beef, so I used only 3 potatoes. I sliced them very thin. Added fresh green beans and crumbled up bacon. Baked for 1 hr. and 15 minutes at 350 degrees. I will make this again.

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1gdcowgrl

Home Town: Marlow, Oklahoma, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 4, 2009

It was pretty good. But, next time I'll salt the potatoes first, they were lacking a bit in flavor. My tweaking to the original recipe was that I used Italian bread crumbs (the meatballs tasted great), I baked the meatballs, and I used fresh ground black pepper instead of paprika.

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Ana S.

Reviewed: Sep. 30, 2008

A great simple supper recipe. I made it just as directed. Next time I will bake the meatballs in the oven, as other readers suggested. They are just a pain to try to turn and fry evenly in a frying pan. The only thing I found wrong with this recipe was that my potatoes were still hard after an hour. I will nuke them in the microwave first next time. I ended up baking the dish for 1 1/2 hours and there were still some crunchy potatoes. The flavor was good I thought. Not too bland, but I did add some pepper to the creamy celery soup and milk mixture. Will use again as a weeknight supper. Served with green beans, homemade biscuits, and fruit cocktail.

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sbruins79

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Waupun, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 6, 2008

This dish was okay, but not great. I put the meatballs in the overn at 425 degrees for fifteen minutes as another reviewer recommended. I also used cheddar cheese soup instead of of cream of celery soup. This was a lot like something my mom used to make, except that she spread the ground beef over and under the potatoes instead of making it into meatballs. I'd recommend microwaving the potatoes a bit before putting them into the casserole. I added additional time to the original baking time and some of the potatoes still were not done.

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Sheri S.

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Novato, California, USA

Living In: Beaverton, Oregon, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 19, 2008

The idea of this was good but following the recipe pretty much but with a few extra herbs & spices in the meatballs we found it very bland. It really needed something more in with the can of soup on the top of it. The meat was fine but the rest needed spicing up. May make it again but will use different canned soup. Maybe tomato for a completely different flavour but at least it will have some!

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