This recipe is good as written. I've made it many times. It's straight forward and easy on the budget. Sometimes I add, chopped onion, minced garlic, and chopped green bell pepper to the hamburger when browning it. It adds a bit more taste. Sometimes I simply add spaghetti sauce instead of the tomato sauce and it is equally good. Lastly, I often make this on top of the stove and add the cheese just before serving. It's also an easy dish for new cooks. You just can't mess up this dish no matter how hard you try.

I used tomato soup instead of tomato sauce. It was yummy!!

Except for the addition of some chopped bell pepper, I followed the recipe exactly. It turned out better than any recipe of this type I have ever used. I will be certain to use it again.

This sounds exactly like the recipe my mother used to make. I could never get it exactly right. This is a definite. Am sure this will be added to my list of regular's. Thanks for submitting.

One of my favorite recipes! So much healthier and tastier than Hamburger Helper, which has a tremendous amount of sodium in it. My variations are:
1. Substitute large can of tomato sauce with 1 medium can of tomato sauce and same size can of diced tomatoes;
2. Substitute regular macaroni with whole wheat macaroni;
3. Instead of fresh cloves of garlic and large onion, I use 3/4 teaspoons of minced garlic and 1/4 cup of minced onions (I soak them in the tomato sauce for 15 minutes before mixing); and
4. I add about 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese before mixing the casserole and top it with Mozzarella cheese.

Tasty however to give it a little more flavor I am thinking of substituting the plain tomato sauce to spaghetti sauce such as prego....easy to make and my picky kids even ate it!

This was surprisingly tasty with just a few ingredients! Very simple. Will make again!

Great Recipe. Wife loved it so did I will add it to my recipe catalog definitely. Thank you very much.

I am making this right now and it is looking so yummy!

It's easy to make. I add red pepper. It's so good.

Yummy Yummy...made it twice in two weeks :)