Poppy Seed Noodle Casserole - Weekend Recipe

This weekend’s recipe is a unique side dish that you can use with pork roast, baked chicken, or even salmon. Can you tell I am just so ready to be gardening.  All I can think about are flowers, plants and seeds!  These seeds are Poppy Seeds, besides being tasty  they are a sign of prosperity and luck.  You can take a few poppy seeds and place them in your pocket or purse to attract financial abundance and good luck.

Poppy Seed Noodle Casserole

6 Tbls. butter or margarine

11/2 cups soft bread crumbs

1 cup finely chopped onion

8 ounces of wide noodles, cooked & drained

6 hard-cooked eggs, chopped

2 cups small curd cottage cheese

1 cup plain yogurt

1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1 Tbls. poppy seeds

1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce

½ tsp. salt

1/8 tsp. pepper

Melt 3 Tbls. butter in a small skillet.  Toss bread crumbs in butter; remove and reserve.  Melt remaining three Tbls. butter in skillet, sauté onion in butter over medium heat until transparent, about 5 minutes.

Heat over to 350 degrees.  Combine onion, cooked noodles and eggs in large bowl.  Stir in remaining ingredients.  Pour mixture into buttered 2-quart casserole.  Sprinkle reserved bread crumbs on top.  Bake until crumbs are golden, about 30 minutes.