Baked Linguine with Meat Sauce

Ingredients

• 8 ounce tomato sauce canned
• 28 ounce canned tomatoes crushed canned
• 8 ounce cream cheese softened
• 2  garlic cloves minced
• 1 bunch green onions chopped
• 2 pounds ground beef lean
• 8 ounces pasta uncooked
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 8 ounces sharp cheddar cheese shredded
• 16 ounce cup heavy whipping cream sour
• 2 teaspoons sugar 
• 6 ounce tomato paste canned

Equipment

• oven
• baking pan
• dutch oven

Directions

1. Cook beef and garlic in a Dutch oven, stirring until beef crumbles and is no longer pink. Stir in tomatoes and next 4 ingredients; simmer 30 minutes. Set mixture aside.
2. Cook pasta according to package directions; drain.
3. Place pasta in a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish.
4. Stir together sour cream, cream cheese, and green onions.
5. Spread over pasta. Top with meat sauce.
6. Bake at 350 for 20 to 25 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
7. Sprinkle with Cheddar cheese, and bake 5 more minutes or until cheese melts.
8. Let stand 5 minutes.
9. Serve with a salad and bread, if desired.
10. Note: To lighten dish, use no-salt-added tomato products, light sour cream, light cream cheese, and reduced-fat Cheddr cheese.