Simple Roast Beef Stroganoff

I went to the dentist on Monday afternoon and found out I needed a root canal.  YIKES!!!!

I’m a bit of a doctor-phobe, but I put on my big girl panties and plopped down in the dentist’s chair for the big procedure.  Overall, you hear a lot of horror stories regarding root canals… honestly, it wasn’t that bad.  I have to go back for a crown in a few weeks, but so far the root canal horror stories seem to be garbage.

Note:  I did have nitrous and a lot of numbing injections…. but overall, I survived.

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When I got home from picking up my prescriptions, I was SO excited that I had leftovers in my fridge.  And… it was COMFORT food.  PERFECT!

Simple Roast Beef Stroganoff

From Weight Watchers 5 Ingredient 15 Minute Recipes – Summer 2011

Serves 6

INGREDIENTS

3 cups uncooked medium egg noodles

Butter-flavored cooking spray

1 (8-ounce) package presliced mushrooms

1 (17-ounce) full cooked beef roast au jus (such as Hormel or Kroger brand)

1 (8-ounce) container light sour cream

1 (10 3/4-ounce) can condensed reduced-sodium cream of mushroom soup, undiluted

1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper

1/2 cup chopped green onion (optional)

Freshly ground black pepper (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

1.  Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat.

2.  While pasta cooks, heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.  Coat pan with cooking spray.  Add mushrooms to pan.  Saute 6 minutes or until tender. (Note:  I omitted the mushrooms and added some sauteed sliced onions instead.)

3.  While mushrooms cook, microwave roast according to package directions.  Strain roast, reserving 1/3 cup au jus.  Break roast into bite-sized chunks using a fork.

4.  Drain pasta, return to pan, and immediately stir in sour cream and soup until blended.  Cook over medium heat 2 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

5.  Gently stir in roast, reserved jus, mushrooms, and 1/2 tsp pepper.

6.  Garnish with green onions and freshly ground black pepper.

PER 1 CUP SERVING:

CAL 289, FAT 11.4g; PROT 18.4g; CARB 28.8g; FIB 2g; CHOL 73mg; IRON 1.5mg; SOD 534mg; CALC 84mg; WW POINTS 8