Lisas Comfy Casserole Food

LISA'S BROCCOLI, SPINACH AND CHEESE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Mix all the ingredients together except the butter and the crackers, and pour into a casserole pan.
• Crush the crackers, either in the unopened roll, or in a plastic bag.
• Melt the butter in a frying pan, and saute crackers until all the butter has been absorbed.
• Sprinkle the crackers on top of the broccoli mixture and bake for 45 minutes.

LISA'S PORK AND BEAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Brown hamburger, Drain well.
• Add pork and beans.
• Add spanish rice.
• Mix together.
• In a small bowl, mix together ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, salt, pepper.
• Add to hamburger mixture.
• Mix well.
• Place in a 2 quart casserole.
• Bake at 325* for 30-45 minutes.

COMFY COWBOY CASSEROLE #RSC

Steps:

• Brown beef and pork in skillet with a dash of salt and pepper (not in ingredient list). Drain, set aside.
• Cook bacon in skillet until crisp. Remove bacon and dry on paper towels, leaving bacon fat in skillet (approx. 3 tbsp.).
• Heat bacon fat until hot, not smoking. Add onion and pepper, and reduce heat. Cook, stirring often, until soft, then add garlic and continue to cook for 5 minutes.
• Add beef and pork to onion/pepper mixture in skillet, and heat through.
• Add heavy cream and cook on low until reduced by half. Stir in nutmeg.
• Add all cheeses, stirring into the mixture and remove from heat, stir until melted and set aside.
• Add crumbled bacon and stir, as to not let it get too "mushy.".
• Line a deep 9" pit plate or 8" X 13" casserole dish with Reynold's Wrap foin (non-stick preferred, but heavy duty will be just fine).
• Fill baking dish with meat mixture (if using crescents, skip to next step firts, then this return to this step).
• Remove biscuits (or crescents) from can and pinch together to form a full sheet (if using crescents, they can be used on the bottom of the pie or casserole dish, then return to prior step, then top with more crescents).
• Cover meat mixture with biscuit sheet, and brush very lightly with honey and top with a pinch of salt (not too much).
• Bake at 350 for approx 30 minutes (depending on oven and if you use crescents on bottom :45 minutes for crescent suppliment).

LISA'S MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• In a large bowl, combine macaroni, Swiss, mozzarella and Cheddar and stir until cheeses melt. Stir in milk. Season to taste with salt, onion powder, garlic powder, and parsley. Spoon into prepared dish, and dot with margarine.
• Bake in preheated oven 50 to 60 minutes, or until top is crunchy.

LISA'S TATER TOT CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375f.
• In a medium casserole dish, tightly arrange the Tater Tots.
• Crumble the ground beef over the Tater Tots trying to be as uniform as possible.
• Salt and pepper the meat.
• Pour the gravy over it all.
• Bake 45-50 minutes or until the gravy starts to get a little crusty.