Ham Bonaparte or My Favorite Casserole Ever

If you Google 'Beef Bonaparte' you will find a delicious recipe made with ground beef.  When I was a little girl, my mom changed the meat to ham and "KAPOW!!" It became something altogether different and wonderful. 

1 pound of cubed ham

1 16oz (or whatever the size is nowadays) can diced tomatoes, drain, but reserve juice

1 8 oz can tomato sauce

2 cloves minced garlic

2 tsp sugar

2 tsp salt

black pepper and Tobasco sauce to taste

1 bay leaf

1 pkg egg noodles, cooked

1 8oz pkg cream cheese

6 green onions, chopped

1 cup sour cream

1 cup grated Cheddar cheese

1 cup grated mozzerella cheese

Brown ham and tomatoes and garlic lightly in a skillet.  Add the reserved juice and tomato sauce, sugar, salt, pepper, bay leaf and Tabasco.  Lower the heat to simmer for 30 minutes.  Combine the cooked noodles with the cream cheese, green onions and sour cream.  Grease a 9 X 13 pan and alternately layer noodle mixture, tomato mixture and combined grated cheeses.  Bake covered for 30 minutes or until heated through and bubbly. (Freezes well).

I ate way too much of this tonight. 

Visit the great Tuesday memes: Tasty Tuesday, Tuesdays at the Table, Tempt Your Tummy Tuesday, $5 Dinner challenge (you'd have to hit some pretty good sales, but you may be able to do this for $5  - use leftover ham)

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