Tonight’s dinner was Yummy Pork Noodle Casserole, a recipe I found on allrecipes.com. There was half of the pork loin left over from last night, so I went online to find a recipe that would use it up. Casseroles appeal to my proclivity for one-pot meals, so this recipe was right up my alley. It was in fact a one-pot plus one-casserole-dish meal, since everything got cooked in the same pot, just in different stages, and then it all got put into a casserole to bake, with a light topping of bread crumbs. I added mushrooms and canned green beans to the mix, but the recipe says to add any veggies I want to the casserole, so I felt like I had permission to play with it even though this was my first try. Generally I make a recipe per the instructions the first time and play with it in subsequent cookings once I know the original flavor.

The casserole came out of the oven just as Raven pulled up in front of the house, so he got a fresh hot dinner instead of having to reheat something I’d made earlier and set aside for him.

Even though this was pretty close to my one-pot meals, Raven said that it was “Pretty tasty!” so I will take that as a win! And now I have the weekend off to plan and prep for next week. Any suggestions for good late-night dinners?