A Little Homesick

I a little homesick right now so that's what brought on tonight's dinner. Eric and I weren't able to make it to St. Louis for Christmas and I was feeling a little down about it. My solution was to make a casserole that my mom made a lot when I was growing up and then really never when I was home after finding out about my celiac. I took me a while to figure out how to convert it to being gf and isn't as cheap as it is when it is all gluteny. It is still pretty budget friendly especially if you make your own cream of mushroom soup.

Wasetti
1 lb hamburger (2 lbs if omitting sausage)
1 lb of pork sausage (I used Italian)
1 bell pepper any color chopped
1 small onion chopped
1 clove of garlic chopped
1 can tomato sauce
1 small (teeny tiny) can of tomato paste
1 cup cream of mushroom soup or 1 can (I'm sneaky and will thaw a bit and pour it into a can to measure)
1/2 bag of Heartland's fusli noodles or more just till it looks like enough
cheddar cheese shredded
salt, pepper, and chili powder to taste
Preheat oven to 350 F. Brown the hamburger, sausage, peppers, onions, and garlic together, drain. Meanwhile cook the pasta. Combine in casserole dish or dutch oven. Pour soup, tomato sauce and paste  over and mix together. Cover with cheese and bake at 350 until cheese is gold and bubbly.

Eric liked it, and so did I. I put hot sauce on mine and he put taco sauce on his. Apparently even with a measurement that says to taste I still am off a bit. I made a salad to go with it, not what my mom normally makes but it was still good.
Oh before you ask I have tried nearly every gf cream of mushroom soup recipe out there and all are good. Now you could be super lazy or really rushed and used the canned stuff (make sure it's gf!) but it won't be as cheap.