Created on April 8th, 2003
Cook beef and garlic in a Dutch oven, stirring until beef crumbles and is no longer pink. Drain beef mixture; pat dry with paper towels, place beef back in pan.
Stir in tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, sugar and salt; simmer 30 minutes. Set meat sauce aside. Cook pasta according to package directions; drain.
Place pasta in a 13 X 9 baking dish coated with cooking
spray.
Stir together sour cream, cream cheese, and green
onions. Spread over linguine. Top with meat sauce.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20 – 25 minutes or until
thoroughly heated. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese and
bake 5 minutes more or until cheese is melted. Let
stand 5 minutes before serving.
**To make this low-fat, you can use nonfat sour cream and
fat-free cream cheese. To cut sodium, omit salt and use reduced
sodium canned tomato products.