My no- brainer meal

OK, so we all have a few of what I call-no brainer meals.  You know those super easy, made from a box (hamburger helper) or a frozen something or other.  The kind of dinner that takes about 20-30 minutes and requires no cooking skills!!   You look through the cabinets and find you only have about 5 decent items left at the end of your grocery week- a can of tuna, a 1 lb of beef, some noodles, half a container of cottage cheese or sour cream a few cans of soup, and usually a small bit of cheese.  Well I had one of those days already this week!  I found my hamburger tater tot casserole recipe and decided to go for it!!    Oh it's not too exciting, but I figure you can pretty much add what you want to this one and it will be great!

This is one of those recipes I printed off long ago and store in my stained and torn  'main dish' folder.   (an earlier blog)
But of course I add stuff to make this 'no brainer' dish as tasty as possible!  I also have a killer tuna casserole!!!  I will post that one someday too!!

BTW-  If you have a few things in the cupboards and don't know what to do with them I found an awesome web-site that finds recipes based on what you have in stock!!  It's one of the easiest and user friendly sites I have ever used!!  It asks you what you have on hand then comes up with quite of few recipe options!!  Check it out!!

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My Hamburger tater tot recipe-

1 lb ground beef
1 can (10 3/4 oz) cream of chicken or mushroom soup
1 cup of sour cream
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup onion chopped
Tater Tots
1 can of corn
shredded cheese
salt and pepper to taste
( I also added garlic powder)
**you could also add a can of drained Rotel for a little spice!

Brown ground beef and onion add salt and pepper. (drain if necessary)  Put in a casserole dish, ( I used my iron skillet for the whole thing)   Put corn (or any other veggies) on top of meat. 
Mix sour cream and soup together along with 1/2 cup of milk, pour over meat and stir together, top with tater tots and cheese.  Bake in oven according to tater tot directions (about 25 min) .

We love cheese!!

 No -Brainer dinner at it's best!  

Angie