Tricia, good for you! I applaud your decision.
Here's a couple, I haven't been making many casseroles, I'll think about some other recipes that might be nice to include.

Cheesy Beef Noodle Casserole

2 cups cooked egg noodles
1 pound ground beef
1 can (15 oz.) tomato sauce
1-2 cloves garlic, minced
salt and pepper
1 package (4 oz.) cream cheese, softened
1 cup sour cream
2 green onions, chopped
1 cup grated cheddar cheese

Preheat oven to 350*. Spread cooked noodles in the bottom of a medium casserole dish (2 quart).
In a frying pan brown ground beef and garlic. Drain and discard fat. Add tomato sauce to the meat, heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Pour meat mixture over the noodles in casserole dish.
In a small bowl combine the cream cheese with the sour cream and mix until smooth. Stir in green onions.
Spread over meat mixture.
Sprinkle cheddar cheese over top of the cream cheese. Bake, uncovered, for 35 minutes.

I applaud your decision, a much better use of your time and your resources!! Now it's time to teach them to cook for themselves! One of my co-workers did something like this a few years ago. I really love that book!

Here's an easy casserole recipe received from my neighbor years and years ago. Family always liked it with rigatoni or elbow macaroni.

TAGLIARINI (talÂya-reeÂ-nee)
2 lb. ground beef
1 can Niblets corn
1 can mushrooms (sliced,also use the juice)
1 can olives
Red wine (about ¼ cup or less)
1 can, small, tomato sauce
1 small to large onion, chopped
Cheddar cheese or slices American cheese
Cooked pasta of your choice (3-4 cups cooked)

Brown meat and onion in olive oil. Drain. Add wine and allow to burn off. Then add mushrooms and liquid (about ½ to ¾ of a can). Let simmer for a few minutes. Pour into a casserole filled with hot cooked noodles. Mix and cover with slices of American or cheddar cheese. Cover and heat in oven until cheese melts.

Terra

Ham and Potato Casserole

This recipe is from New & Healthy Brand Name Cookbook, editor Hedi Levine. This serves 4.

Ingredients

1 cup diced cooked ham
2 cups diced cooked potatoes
¼ cup margarine or butter, melted, or oil
1 small onion, minced
3 tablespoons flour
1 ½ cups milk
Salt and pepper to taste
½ cup grated sharp cheddar cheese
¼ cup bread crumbs
2-2 ½ cups green beans, cooked and drained

Put ham and potato into a shallow 1 ½ quart baking dish. Add onion to melted margarine and cook until onion is golden. Blend in flour. Add milk and cook, stirring, until thickened. Season with salt and pepper, then pour over ham and potato. Sprinkle with cheese and bread crumbs. Bake at 400 degrees F for 20 minutes. Add heated green beans in a ring around the edge of the casserole.

Jambalaya

This recipe an old boyfriend made for me. I broke up with him before I got the recipe. One of my sorority sisters was dating his brother. She got the recipe for me. A heck of a way to get a recipe!

You could just as easily substitute all chicken (or part chicken & part sausage)instead of using shrimp. Serves 4.

Ingredients

12 large shrimp, peeled and deveined
8 oz boneless, skinless chicken, diced
8 oz smoked ham, diced (Kielbasa or Andouie sausage also work well)
2 cups cooked rice
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
¼ cup each diced tomato, diced onion, diced celery, diced green pepper, and sliced okra
1 cup tomato juice (I like spicy V-8 or Bloody Mary mix instead)
1 cup stock, chicken, beef or seafood
1 tablespoon garlic, minced
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
¼ teaspoon black pepper
Salt to taste
1 tablespoon gumbo file, optional

Melt the butter in a sauce pot and add vegetables. Sauté vegetables for a couple minutes and add seasonings. Add shrimp, chicken and ham and sauté until cooked. Add rice, stock, tomato juice and simmer 10 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in gumbo file to thicken and serve immediately.