Mushroom Mania Marzetti For Mom Food

MARZETTI

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook the beef, onion and green pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in next nine ingredients. Spoon into a greased 3-qt. baking dish; sprinkle with cheese. , Cover and bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until heated through.

JOHNNY MARZETTI CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Brown beef, sausage, bell pepper, and onion in the skillet; drain. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Add tomatoes (with juice), crushing them slightly with a wooden spoon, condensed soup, brown sugar, dry mustard, and garlic powder. Simmer over very low heat for about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook egg noodles according to package instructions. Drain well.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a large rectangular baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
• After beef mixture has simmered for 30 minutes, stir in mushrooms and olives. Remove from heat and toss with the cooked noodles.
• Transfer mixture to prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake for 20 minutes, or until heated through and bubbly.

MOM'S JOHNNY MARZETTI

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Cook the macaroni according to the package directions, drain.
• Brown the ground beef, drain the fat.
• Mix all the ingredients together and put in a large casserole dish. Reserve 1 cup of the shredded cheese.
• Top with the rest of the shredded cheese.
• Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes.

MUSHROOM MANIA MARZETTI FOR MOM

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Place the farfalle (aka bow ties) into the pot, cook 8 to 10 minutes, until al dente, and drain.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Lightly grease 11 x 7 x 2-inch baking dish (or two 8x8-inch pans) and set aside.
• Heat olive oil in a very large heavy skillet over moderate heat 1 minute.
• Add onion and garlic. Stir-fry until limp, about 3 minutes.
• Add mushrooms and stir-fry until juices are released and evaporate, about 5 minutes.
• Add beef and cook and stir, breaking up clumps, until no longer red, about 5 minutes.
• I usually drain the beef mixture in a fine mesh colander due to the volume of high water content onions and mushrooms.
• Off heat, mix in tomato sauce and all but 1 cup cheese.
• Transfer to baking dish, add bow ties, and toss gently but thoroughly to mix.
• Scatter remaining 1 cup cheese on top. (Add grated parmesan cheese if more is needed.).
• Bake, uncovered, until browned and bubbling, 35-40 minutes, and serve.

A BETTER MARZETTI

Steps:

• Adjust an oven rack to middle postition. Grease a 13x9 in baking dish and set aside. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Bring 4 qts water to boil in large pot. Add pasta and 1 tsp salt and cook, stirring often, according to package directions. Drain pasta and transfer to baking dish.
• Meanwhile, heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Brown beef and sausage until no longer pink- drain excess grease. Add celery, onion, bell pepper, mushrooms and 1 tsp salt and cook, stirring ocassionally, until softened, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in garlic, oregano, pepper flakes, and 1 tsp pepper and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Stir in tomato sauce and diced tomatoes, bring to a simmer and cook until flavors are blended, about 5 minute Stir in parsley and season with salt and pepper to taste. Set aside, off heat.
• Sprinkle 1 cup of cheese evenly over pasta. Then pour meat mixture on top of this. Then sprinkle reamaining 1 cup of cheese evenly on top of meat mixture.
• Place baking dish on a baking sheet, covering with foil. Bake in the pre-heated oven about 45 minutes, until sauce is bubbling. Remove foil and bake another 15 minutes, until top is spotty brown. Cool 5-10 minutes before serving.
• Enjoy.

PORTUGUESE SPINACH & CHICKPEA SOUP (SOPA DE GRAO)

Steps:

• Stir fry the garlic and onions in 3 tablespoons of oil in a large, heavy saucepan until translucent.
• Add the potatoes and stir fry another 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add the herbs and allow them to meloow over low heat for about 12 minutes.
• Add the broth, raise the heat and bring the soup to a gentle simmer, add the chickpeas, cover and cook slowly for about one hour or until everything is soft.
• If you like your soup to have texture, ladle out a cup or so of chick peas; if you prefer it mostly smooth, don't.
• Using an immersion blender, puree the soup until it is as smooth as you like.
• Add in the spinach, the reserved chickpeas(if you reserved them) and simmer twenty to thirty minutes--until the flavors are blended.
• Now stir in lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste and serve, hot, with crusty bread.

MARZETTI

Steps:

• Cook noodles and drain.
• Saute next 6 ingredients, until meat is browned, about 10 minutes.
• Spoon off fat.
• Stir in undiluted soup.
• Place noodles in casserole dish; toss with butter.
• Stir in meat mixture.
• Sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
• Bake COVERED at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until hot & bubbly.

MARZETTI

Steps:

• Melt butter in large frying pan and saute peppers, celery, onion& mushrooms; add ground beef and brown.
• Add tomato soup, spaghetti sauce, and tomato paste; salt and pepper to taste.
• Cook noodles to package directions and drain well.
• Put half of ground beef mixture in bottom of large baking dish; spread the noodles over the ground beef mixture; sprinkle shredded cheese over the noodles and top with the remaining ground beef mixture.
• Bake covered at 350°F for 35 minutes.

MARCHETTI

Steps:

• 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. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C.)
• Place ground beef and onion in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until meat is evenly brown, and onion is tender. Drain excess fat. Stir in noodles, condensed tomato soup, condensed mushroom soup, sliced mushrooms and 1 cup cheese. Season with garlic powder, salt and pepper. Pour into a 9x13 inch baking dish. Sprinkle top with remaining 1/2 cup cheese.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes.

DEVILED CRAB

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450.
• Place cubed bread in bowl with milk and mash to a pasty consistency.
• Add more milk if needed.
• Saute onions and celery in 1/4 c.
• of butter until softened.
• Pour onions, celery and butter over bread mixture and mix to combine.
• IF bread mixture is cooled, add crabmeat, mustard and eggs.
• Stir to combine-but not too much-you don't want to totally separate the crab chunks.
• Pour into EITHER 6 greased ramekins OR 1 large greased casserole.
• Spread in baking containers so that it is evenly distributed.
• Sprinkle bread crumbs on top.
• Bake ramekins for about 8 minutes//Bake casserole for 20 minutes.
• Spread mayonnaise on top of cooked deviled crab.
• Serve warm.
• Garnish with either fresh parsley or fresh dill.