Taco Casserole

This just might be the oddest casserole I have ever made. Since you eat it with chips it feels more like a dip than a casserole. But I knew everyone would love it.. and I thought it sounds a lot like a taco salad. So is it a casserole or a dip? You can decide that for yourself, but I decided it tastes very good! 

Ingredients:

Refried beans

1 lb. ground beef

1 package taco seasoning

2 cups of Mexican cheese

A few tablespoons of your favorite salsa

Tortilla chip

Lettuce

Sour cream

Diced Tomatoes

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

2.  Brown the ground beef in a skillet. Then drain and rise. Follow the directions on the taco seasoning package. 

3. To make the casserole: spread the refried beans on the bottom of a casserole dish, pour all the beef on top the beans, spread all the cheese on the top, and add a few tablespoons of salsa on top (you can add more if you like). 

4. Bake the casserole for 30 minutes, until the cheese is melted. 

5. To assemble a portion: place a few tortilla chips on a plate, top with the taco casserole, the top with diced tomatoes, sour cream and lettuce.

Source: craftquickies.com

Creamy Chicken and Stuffing Casserole

This recipe has been a family favorite of mine since I was a little girl. My whole family loves this recipe, even my 1 year old! It’s a very easy and delicious casserole, perfect for a weeknight dinner. Since I’m a stay-at-home Mom, I boil my chicken early in the morning, and then store the chicken and the broth in the fridge, until I’m ready to use it. You never know what will happen! So I’m prepared to make dinner within minutes! I love this dish with a nice salad, and a side of broccoli or green beans! 

Ingredients:
3 large boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 stick butter, melted
8 oz. package of Pepperidge Farm Herb Stuffing Mix
1 can of cream of chicken soup
8 oz. of sour cream
1 ½ cups of chicken broth (from boiling chicken)
1 tsp of salt
1/2 tsp of pepper

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. In a large pot, boil the chicken in water on medium-high heat for 15-20 mins. Make sure they a thoroughly cooked through.
3. Keep 1 ½ cups of the water that the chicken is boiled in, with no pieces of fat or chicken it (you may want to strain it).

4. Dice the chicken into pieces

5. In a medium sized mixing bowl, whisk the sour cream, cream of chicken soup, chicken broth, salt and pepper togther.
6. Mix the stuffing mix and the butter together. Keep ½ cup of the stuffing mix for topping. Press the stuffing onto the bottom of a 13 x 9 pan. 

7. Lay the diced chicken on top of the stuffing mix.

8. Pour the soup and cream cheese mixture on top of the chicken, make sure it spreads out evenly.

9. Sprinkle the top with the set aside ½ cup of stuffing mix.

10. Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes. 

Enjoy! :) 





Photo: coffeeandcannolis.com

Baked Spasagna

This is a mix between a baked spaghetti and a lasagna. It is amazing! I wouldn't eat baked spaghetti any other way! It combines the spaghetti sauce and cheese from spaghetti, but has that layer of ricotta cheese from lasagna.

Ingredients: 

1 lb of Ground Beef

1 can of Spaghetti Sauce

8 oz of Cream Cheese, softened

1/4 cup of Sour Cream

15 oz Ricotta Cheese (the smaller container)

1 stick of Butter

3/4 of a box of Spaghetti Noodles

2 cups of Sharp Cheddar Cheese 

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°

2. Boil the noodles according to the directions on the box, I use 3/4 of a box, because it feels like too much noodles to use a whole a box. You can use more or less if you want to. 

3. In a skillet, brown the beef, then drain and rinse it

4. Add the spaghetti sauce into the pan with the beef

5. In a bowl, mix the cream cheese, sour cream, and ricotta cheese together

6. In a 9 x 13 casserole dish, slice 1/2 of the stick of butter into thin slices and layer them on the bottom of the pan. 

7. Layer 1/2 of the noodles onto the pan (on top of the butter)

8. Spread all of the cream cheese mixture evenly on top of noodles

9. Layer the rest of the noodles

10. Use the last of the butter stick and lay thin slices of butter on top of the noodles

11. Pour the beef a spaghetti sauce mixture onto the top

12. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes

13. Take out and top with all of the cheese, bake for another 15 minutes, or until the cheese has melted. 

Enjoy :)

Recipe Adapted and Photo Source: the-girl-who-ate-everything.com

Sausage and Rice Casserole

This is a favorite at my house for dinner. Its an easy weeknight casserole, that only has four ingredients. We usually serve this with a salad or some kind of vegetable. It works great to make ahead of time and freeze to give to someone else or to just have it ready to put in the oven when it needs to be cooked.

Ingredients:

1 lb. of sausage

1 box of Chicken Rice-A-Roni

1 can of Cream of Chicken Soup or 1 cup Sour Cream

2 cups of Cheddar Cheese

Directions:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 350º

2. Cook the rice according to the directions on the box.

3. Cook the sausage, the rinse and drain.

4. In a bowl, combine the cooked rice, cooked sausage and the soup

5. Transfer mixture into a casserole dish 

6. Top the casserole with the Cheddar Cheese, trying to keep it even

7. Place in oven for about 15 minutes until all the cheese has melted 

Enjoy!

Recipe Adapted and Photo Source: you-can-make-that.com