Reviewed: May 25, 2011

Fantastic! I usually do my meal prep for the next day after the kids have gone to bed. So, last night I made the mashed potatoes and cooked the bacon and onions together (I just like sauteed onions in recipes). Today I did the other stuff and assembled it. I threw some crumbled spicy sausage in with the bacon, just because I had some left over, and it was absolutely fantastic! Thank you!

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Caserl

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Apr. 7, 2011

This is worthy of five stars. Everybody liked it...my kids scraped off the ricotta cheese. lol. Next time I will half the recipe. We had at least half left over after me, my wife and two kids ate. I thought it was expensive too. I did buy the good bacon I guess but even the ricotta and cottage cheese were like 12 bucks. Over all though it was delicious. I followed almost exact. I used half ricotta and half cottage cheese, and didn't use eggs, cooked one LARGE diced red onion with the chopped bacon and didn't use any butter!! Will make again but half this time and maybe with less potato....so I guess that means I have to cut back on the cheddar as well!!!

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shussey

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

Living In: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Reviewed: Mar. 11, 2011

I call this recipe Lazy Man Pierogies, and it is great, the ingredients are all the same, always a crowd pleaser!

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FebruaryRN

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: South River, New Jersey, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 9, 2010

Next time we will use home made mashed potatoes because it just seemed like an extra step to bake it.

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Troy

Reviewed: Jan. 19, 2010

I give you 2 stars i love this recipe but i just used mozza and cheddar in my layers along with bacon strips sauteed in onions and i boiled my potatoes mmmmm good

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Native Queen

Reviewed: Oct. 25, 2009

Awesome! I like many others use mashed potatoes vs. roasted. I also use half the cottage cheese. I didn't use bacon either, but still turned out amazing

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Queznellie

Reviewed: Mar. 16, 2008

On top of how long this took to make it tasted just okay and am very disappointed. My husband was irked that it wasn't good either since he had to watch the baby while I fixed this on a Saturday afternoon. I did alter the recipe by mashing the potatoes and left out the bacon and onions but that wouldn't have changed anything in the end result. Where the recipe messed up (and I was too much of a novice to alter it ahead of time) was the fact that the recipe calls for noodles on the bottom, then the layer of cottage cheese mixture, and then another layer of noodles to be topped with potato mixture. I had tons of noodles left over but by the time I realized it the dish was already assembled. If you make this, please add more layers of noodles and alternate the fillings. Mine turned out like cheesy mashed potatoes and have a huge 9x13 pan full. We only ate just a small amount each. At least it was an inexpensive dish but being a new mom my time is very valuable.

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handbanana

Reviewed: Jan. 20, 2008

Love this recipe! I've been making this for years and it's always a favorite.

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kentuckykat

Reviewed: Dec. 2, 2007

This was not too bad. I made mine differently than the recipe and when it came out of the oven it was very watery, due to the cottage cheese. I did not use eggs (my fiance is a vegetarian) so that may have been the problem. I also used mashed potatoes and mixed milk, butter, salt, pepper, garlic, parmesan, cheddar and onions sauteed in butter (to taste)in the potatoes. I layered the potatoes with a final layer of noodles then sprinkled more cheddar and onions on top. Didn't use more butter as I wanted to cut back on the oil. It tasted just like the pierogies you buy from the old ladies at the churches and though it was really soft and a little runny out of the oven, the next day as a leftover it reheated really well and it was much "stiffer". I liked it better as a leftover.

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Kari G.

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 3, 2007

This one gets a 5 out of 5 from our family. Taste is excellent and I, like many others, boil and mash the potatoes to save time. You can do so many variances of this recipe that it never gets boring. I use DRY cottage cheese instead of regular and I use an extra egg or two. I also have used Italian sausage removed from the casing as an alternate for the bacon. This makes it super yummy and flavourful. This is a recipe that is lengthy in preparation so I usually prepare it early in the day when I have the time, and set it aside to be cooked at supper time.

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