Companys Coming Casserole Food

COMPANY'S COMING BREAKFAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350°F.
• Brown the sausage, drain. I like to put it in a food processor and hit pulse a few times, I don't like the larger pieces but don't go so far as to make a paste!
• Whisk the eggs and seasonings in a bowl,.
• add milk.
• Spray a 9x13" pan with cooking spray.
• Layer the ingredients as follows; all the sausage, then a layer of cheese, then half the bag of hash browns, then the cheese and the rest of the hash browns. Pour the egg/milk/ seasonings mixture over all.
• Cover with foil bake for one hour, check for doneness, mine usually take a bit longer, but everyone's oven is different.
• When done top with more shredded cheese and let rest for 10 minutes.
• Serve with fruit salad for a delightful brunch!

COMPANY CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cook noodles; drain and set aside.
• Brown meat; drain.
• Add tomato sauce to beef; remove from heat.
• In a separate bowl, mix cream cheese, cottage cheese, sour cream, onions and peppers.
• Butter a casserole dish and spread 1/2 the noodles in the bottom.
• Cover noodles with 1/2 the cheese mixture, then 1/2 the meat mixture, then 1 more layer of noodles, then cheese mixture and then meat mixture.
• Pour 2 tablespoons butter over top; press down slightly.
• Bake at 375° for 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minute.
• If drier casserole is desired, cook 15 minutes longer.

COMPANY'S COMING CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown beef with onion. Drain any grease. Season with garlic salt and pepper. Stir in tomato sauce, Italian seasoning, sugar and wine or water. Cook for a few minutes and remove from heat.
• Use a mixer to beat together the cream cheese, sour cream and cottage cheese.
• Spoon 1/2 of the noodles into a 9 x 13" casserole dish that has been sprayed with cooking spray. Cover noodles with the cheese mixture, then the rest of the noodles. Pour the meat-tomato mixture over the top. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese, croutons and then dot the top with butter.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F oven for 35 to 45 minutes.

COMPANY'S COMING PASTA CASSEROLE FOR A CROWD

Steps:

• Cook macaroni as directed on package; drain well and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
• In a large frying pan, in batches if necessary, brown ground beef, then transfer to a very large pot.
• Stir in raw onions, garlic powder, tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, mushrooms and their liquid.
• Bring to a boil, then simmer, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes or until onions are tender.
• Remove from heat.
• In a large-sized roaster (the kind you'd do a turkey in), spread half the macaroni, then top with half the meat sauce.
• Top that with half the sour cream, then half the sliced cheddar.
• Now top that with the remaining macaroni, then the remaining meat sauce, then the remaining sour cream, then the remaining cheddar.
• Top with all the mozzarella.
• Cover roasting pan and bake in preheated oven for 75 minutes, or until hot and bubbling.
• Remove cover and, if cheese hasn't completely melted, let bake for a few more minutes until it has.

COMPANY'S COMING GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Put walnut halves on a cookie sheet and roast them in a 300 degree oven until lightly toasted.
• Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
• Cut the ends off the green beans and remove any strings.
• Place the green beans in a saucepan with 1 teaspoon salt.
• Cover with water.
• Bring to a boil over medium high heat and cook for about 5-10 minutes or until just tender-crisp.
• Remove from heat and drain well.
• Put olive oil into a large skillet and saute bell pepper which has been cut into narrow strips& onion which is cut into thin rings.
• Add garlic to oil mixture.
• Put drained green beans into oil mixture and stir until heated through.
• Add salt& pepper to taste.
• Just before serving, stir roasted walnut halves into the green bean mixture.
• Dish up into a serving bowl or platter and enjoy!

COMPANY'S COMING CARROT PUFF BAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Butter a 2-quart baking dish.
• Cook the carrots in a saucepan until fork-tender, about 15 minutes drain VERY well (you might even want to pat dry with a paper towel) cool slightly.
• Place the cooled carrot in a food processor and process until smooth.
• Add in all remaining ingredients; pulse to combine.
• Transfer to baking dish.
• Bake for about 40 minutes or until puffed and set.

LAZY PEROGY CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cook noodles as directed on package.
• Line the bottom of a 9x13-inch pan with the noodles.
• In medium sized bowl mix cottage cheese, egg and 1/2 tsp of onion salt together.
• Spread of noodles.
• cover with another layer of noodles.
• Now mix cheddar cheese with potato, salt, 1/2 tsp of onion salt and pepper.
• Spread this over noodles.
• Cover with yet another layer of noodles.
• Melt butter in frying pan and sauté onion slowly until clear and soft.
• Pour over noodles and cover.
• Bake 30 minutes in 350° oven.
• Let stand 10 minutes before cutting.
• Serve with sour cream and grated cheddar.
• Yummy.

COMPANY'S COMING MAKE -AHEAD POTATOES

Steps:

• Cover potatoes with water in lg pot.
• Cook until tender.
• Drain and mash.
• Add sour cream, cream cheese, and 3 T butter; mix well, add salt.
• Spoon into 11x7 baking dish.
• Melt 1 T butter; drizzle over potatoes.
• Bake, covered, at 350* for 30 minutes.
• Uncover and bake 10 minutes more.

COMPANY'S COMING LAYERED ZITI CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Grease a large deep casserole dish or lasagna pan. Bring a large pot of water to a boil, adding 1 t kosher salt and 1 t olive oil. Add pasta and cook 8 minutes. Pasta should still be firm. Drain.
• Fry onion, garlic, ground beef and Italian sausage in remaining olive oil over medium high heat until browned. (Remove casings from sausage first.) Add spaghetti sauce and reduce heat to low. Add salt if needed.
• In prepared dish or pan, layer half the cooked pasta, all the provolone, all the sour cream, and all the ricotta. Sprinkle a tiny pinch of salt over the ricotta and some fresh ground pepper to taste. Next, Layer all the green onions, and half the meat sauce. Next layer the remaining pasta, all the mozzarella, the remaining meat sauce and top with the parmesan cheese.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 25 - 35 minutes, or until cheeses have melted. (If you have it layered in a smaller, deep casserole dish, it will take longer to cook than if you have it layered in a more shallow larger lasagna pan.).