Super Simple Beef Stroganuff

Meat Cream Sauce:

1 lb ground beef
1 small diced onion {optional for extra flavor}
1 tablespoon of minced garlic {optional for extra flavor}
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup milk
salt and pepper to taste

1. Cook ground beef on stove with onion and garlic. The garlic and onion add extra flavor, but I make this dish with out if I am short on time or do not have the ingredients on hand.
   
2. Add mushroom soup, milk and sour cream. Stir until smooth. Add salt and pepper to taste.
3. Optional. If I have cream cheese  or mozzarella on hand I add it to the sauce until smooth.

You can use your own egg noodles if you have some on hand, but when I saw that my favorite egg noodles were not on sale and I did not have a coupon I decided to make my own. These are super yummy, easy and fun! This is the same noodle recipe from our favorite Comforting Chicken Noodle Soup.

Making Homemade egg noodles:

• 2 cups flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 full egg shell of milk

1. Put a pot of water on the stove to boil.
2. Place flour in a small bowl, making a dent in the center. Carefully the crack egg shell- put egg in the center of the flour. Use 1/2 of the egg shell you just cracked, fill it with milk and stir into the flour and egg mixture using a fork. Dough needs to be slightly sticky and form a ball, so if needed, add just a touch more milk until the right consistency.
3. On a well floured bread board or surface, carefully roll out the dough until very, very thin (almost paper thin). Dough will be stretchy and very tender. Using a Pizza cutter, cut the dough into thin noodles -length of your choice. It is okay if the noodles are not perfect and it is not necessary to dry the noodles. We like to lay them over a bowl so until the water is boiling.
4. Slowly sprinkle and stir the cut noodles into rapidly boiling water it is important to put the noodles in this way – so they do not stick together in a lump. Turn down heat to a low boil and cook noodles until tender (approx 20-30 minutes). Stir every so often to prevent noodles from sticking.

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