lol I’m all about hiding veggies in casseroles! I’m so happy it was a success, thanks for sharing your tweaks and for taking the time to leave a review!💖

We absolutely loved this and my toddler ate it up! We made just a few small adjustments that worked for us and helped to hide more vegetables in the dish. 1. Cooked down a mirapoix (added a chopped carrot and 3 chopped celery stalks to the onion) before adding in the beef. 2. Added 1/2 can of diced tomatoes after beef was browned. 3. Used gigli instead of macaroni 4. We added some of the cheddar to a bechamel and stirred that in with remaining cheddar 

Hi Kelly? Did you freeze it from frozen or let it thaw completely first? How long did you bake it in the oven for and at what temp? Did you use a casserole dish that was much larger than the quantity you were reheating? (I apologize but there could be a few reasons for it being dry and I need more info.) Pasta noodles are going to absorb more moisture the longer that they sit as well. I like to reheat in a makeshift double oven or very slowly in the microwave.

Hi Dana! I use small! 🙂

Would you recommend the small or large elbow pasta? Trying it this weekend! 🙂 

Hi V! I haven’t tested it myself but I do believe that should work!

Could plant based dairy be used instead?

Hey Jer! I’m so happy that you were able to make it work based on what you had, nicely done! Thank you so much for the review! -Stephanie

In reply to Martha.

Didn’t have enough cheddar so I used mozzarella for half of it. And I didn’t have Tomato paste so I used 3x as much pasta sauce. It was absolutely delicious.