Abc Chicken Noodle Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 cups medium egg noodles, uncooked (whole wheat, if available)
• 1 cup 1% fat cottage cheese, small curd
• 1 cup low-fat sour cream (cabot light preferred)
• 6 tablespoons parmesan cheese, grated (kraft reduced fat, if available)
• 1 teaspoon salt (optional)
• 1/4 teaspoon tabasco sauce
• 1/4 cup green olives, sliced
• 3 cups cooked chicken breasts or 3 cups cooked turkey breast, diced

Recipe

• 1 cook the egg noodles per pkg and drain.
• 2 in a bowl, combine the cottage cheese, sour cream, 4 tbsp of the parmesan, salt and tabasco sauce (if you like more 'kick', add more tabasco).
• 3 stir in the olives, chicken and the egg noodles.
• 4 pour into a greased 2 quart baking dish/pan and sprinkle the top with the remaining parmesan.
• 5 cover and chill 1 hour; then bake, covered, in the preheated 350°f oven for 35 minutes.
• 6 then uncover the casserole and bake for 25 minutes more.
• 7 variation: use a different pasta such as fettucine.