Old California Casserole Food

CALIFORNIA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Saute onion in butter, remove from heat.
• Stir in rice, sour cream, cottage cheese, Bay leaf, salt and pepper.
• Spray or lightly butter a 9x13 baking dish.
• Layer half the rice mixture, half the chillies and sprinkle with half the cheese.
• Repeat layer.
• Bake uncovered 35 minutes at 375 degrees.
• Remove from oven and sprinkle with parsley.

CALIFORNIA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Salt and pepper the cubed meat.
• Dredge the meat in the flour and shake off excess.
• Heat the oil over medium heat in a 10-inch skillet.
• Saute the chopped onion in the oil until translucent. Remove the onions from the skillet and set aside.
• Saute the floured meat in the remaining oil in the skillet until brown, stirring to ensure all sides have browned evenly.
• Add the sautéed onions and the water to the meat and scrape the bottom of the skillet to get up all the browned bits of meat and flour.
• Cover the skillet and cook on medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, for 40 minutes until the meat is tender. Adding water as necessary to keep the meat from cooking dry and scorching.
• Add the soup to the meat mixture, adding more water if necessary to achieve a soup consistency, combining well, and heat until boiling.
• Transfer the meat/soup mixture into a greased 2-quart casserole dish.
• Mix the biscuit mix, the poultry seasoning and the milk together. It should be a thinner consistency than biscuit dough but thicker than pancake batter. Adjust the milk as needed to achieve the right consistency.
• Transfer the biscuit batter to the top of the meat mixture in the casserole dish.
• Prepare the bread cubes (or crumbs) by combining with the melted butter and mix well so that the cubes are completely coated.
• Top the biscuit mixture with the the bread crumbs.
• Bake in a 375°F oven for 30-40 minutes or until the biscuit dough is baked throughout and browned well.

CLASSIC COMPANY CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cook noodles in salted water; drain.
• Melt butter or margarine and saute green bell pepper.
• Add meat and cook until meat loses its pink color.
• Drain.
• Add salt, pepper, garlic salt and tomato sauce.
• Simmer for 5 minutes, then remove from heat.
• In a bowl, combine cottage cheese, sour cream, onions & noodles.
• Gently mix together.
• Alternate layers of noodles & meat mixture in a 2-qt.
• casserole.
• Top with cheese and bake 30 minutes at 350.

GRANDMA'S CALIFORNIA BLEND VEG CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cook Vegetables on stove drain when done. -
• Spray 9x13 pan.
• Dumb Vegetables in the 9x13. - I usually sprinkle with pepper and McCormick Season Salt
• Sprinkle both cheeses over vegetables.
• Crush crackers and sprinkle on top of the cheese.
• Drizzle the melted butter all over the casserole.
• Bake for 30 minutes in a 350° oven. or until the cheese has melted and the crackers started to brown.

OLD-FASHIONED COMPANY CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Saute first 6 ingredients til meat is done, breaking up beef.
• Drain grease.
• Add spaghetti sauce and sugar, and simmer over very low heat. *You can also use 2 cans tomato soup instead, that's what my mom used, but I prefer spaghetti sauce.
• Cook noodles. (Undercook slightly.).
• While noodles are cooking, in blender or food processor blend the cream cheese, cottage cheese and sour cream.
• Stir in green peppers and green onions.
• Drain noodles.
• Pour noodles into greased 13x9 baking dish.
• Top with meat mixture.
• Top with cheese mixture.
• *You can make 3 simple layers, or you can divide the noodles and mixtures in half and make 6 layers total before topping with cheeses.
• Top with mozzarella and parmesan cheeses.
• Sprinkle very lightly with dried parsley if desired.
• Bake in 350º oven for 30-40 minutes.
• *I use a 1 lb. 10 oz. jar Ragu spaghetti sauce, there apparently is a glitch.
• Serve with a tossed salad and garlic bread.

CALIFORNIA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a large skillet combine turkey, salt, sugar, tomato sauce and tomato paste. Bring to a boil stirring to break up the meat. Simmer uncovered for 15 minutes.
• Combine cream cheese, sour cream, olives and green onions in a bowl, set aside.
• Coat a 13 x 9" baking dish with cooking spray. Place 1 cup of sauce in the bottom of the dish. Layer noodles, sauce, and cream cheese mixture. (I've only ever made this with egg noodles, which only makes one layer of each item. If you use lasagna noodles, repeat layering until noodles are gone.) Top entire casserole with shredded cheese.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until bubbly.
• Makes 12, 3x4 inch servings.