9 oz Package corn tortilla chips broken into large pieces
15.5 oz Taco Bell Home Originals Salsa Con Queso
1 pkgWhole tortilla chips (optional)
Chopped tomato
Sliced green onions
Sour cream
Preparation:
Brown ground beef in a large skillet, stirring until it crumbles, drain. Stir refried beans and salsa into ground beef. Layer half of broken chips, meat mixture, and salsa con queso in a lightly greased 13x9 inch baking dish. Repeat layers with remaining broken chips, meat mixture, and salsa con queso. Bake at 350º for 25 to 30 minutes. Arrange whole tortilla chips around sides of dish, if desired. Serve with desired toppings. Yield - 6 servings.
Pizza Casserole
Ingredients
1 lbGround beef
14 oz Pizza sauce
2 cups Shredded mozzarella cheese (8 oz)
3/4 cup Biscuit mix
1 1/2 cup milk
2 Eggs
Preparation
Cook ground beef in a skillet over medium heat until browned, stirring to crumble. Drain off pan drippings. Spoon beef into an 8 inch square baking dish. Top with pizza sauce and cheese. Combine biscuit mix, milk, and eggs; beat until smooth. Pour mixture over casserole, covering evenly. Bake at 400º for 30 to 35 minutes. Yields 6 to 8 servings.
Southern Living, 1997, pg 326
Southern Living 1983, p 266
Shepherd's Pie
Serves: 8
Ingredients
1 lbGround beef
1/2 cup Chopped onion
1/2 cup Chopped celery
10 1/2 oz Vegetable soup
1/2 tsp Dried whole thyme (may add up to 1 tsp)
2 cups Mashed potatoes
4 ozShredded Cheddar cheese (1 cup)
Preparation
Cook ground beef, onion, and celery in a large skillet until meat is browned, stirring to crumble. Drain off pan drip- pings; stir in soup and thyme. Spoon meat mixture into a lightly greased 2 quart shallow casserole. Spread potatoes evenly over meat mixture.
Bake at 350º for 20 minutes. Remove from oven; sprinkle with cheese. Bake additional 2 minutes or until cheese melts. Yields 8 servings.
Southern Living 1983, p. 1166
Reuben Casserole
Serves: 12
Ingredients
1 ½Loaves of rye bread, crumbed
32 oz Bag sauerkraut, drained
4 T Butter
1/2 cup Thousand Island Dressing
2 Tomatoes, thinly sliced
16 oz Thinly sliced corned beef
1 lbSwiss cheese, shredded (about 7/8 cup)
Preparation
Layer the following in a 9x13 inch dish: half the rye bread crumbs with butter; sauerkraut, tomatoes 1/2 cup of Thousand Island dressing, corned beef, Swiss cheese, and a top layer of rye bread crumbs with butter. Bake at 325° in a convection oven for 25 minutes. Top
Seafood Casserole
Serves 6
Ingredients
12 ozCrab meat 1 1/2 lbs Fresh shrimp, cleaned
1 cupBell pepper 1 cup Celery, chopped
1/2 cup Onion, chopped2 oz Pimiento
1/2 t Salt 1/4 t Pepper
Dash cayenne pepper 1 1/2 cup Fresh bread crumbs
1/4 cup Melted butter 1 tSherry or Worcestershire Sauce
1 cupMayonnaise
Preparation
Mix and season seafood with salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper to taste add 1 t sherry or Worschestershire sauce. Stir in 1 cup of mayonnaise.* Top with 1 1/2 cups of the breadcrumbs, mixed with 1/4 cup melted butter. Bake in a greased casserole dish at 350º for minutes.
* Dish may be refrigerated overnight at this point.
Suzanne Long's Recipe
Hot Chicken Salad
Serves: 10
Ingredients
2 cups Chopped chicken breasts10 3/4 oz Cream of chicken soup
10 3/4 oz Cream of mushroom soup1/4 cup Mayonnaise
1 cup Chopped celery1/2 cup Slivered toasted almonds
3 Hard boiled eggs, chopped
2 T Grated onion
1 T Cornstarch
2 T Lemon juice
Preparation
Mix ingredients and pour into casserole. Bake until hot. Better if mixed the night before. Use 4 chicken breasts for this recipe. Can use 2 cans of chicken soup instead of 1 can of mushroom soup.
May be placed in bread cups. Cut crusts from a slice of bread and press into a cup in a muffin tin. Bake at 350º for 6 minutes. Fill with chicken. Top
Seafood Salad
Serves 4
Ingredients
1 cup Flaked seafood
1 t Lemon juice
1 t Minced onion
3/4 cup Diced celery
salt
paprika
mayonnaise
Preparation
Mix seafood with lemon juice, onion and celery. Chill. When ready to serve, drain juice, add salt, paprika and mayonnaise to taste. Yield 4 - 1/2 cup servings.
Place chicken skin side up in shallow baking dish. Pour water around chicken, tuck onion slices in and around chicken. Sprinkle hickory smoke salt and pepper on chicken. Bake uncovered at 370 for 30 minutes
Pour barbeque sauce over chicken and bake for 30 minutes.
Hot Dog Chili
Chicken Casserole
Vegtable Quiche
Lemon Fluff
Serving Size 4 1/2 cups
2 lb ground m eat (not too lean)
2T chili powder
14oz catsup
Pat ground beef down in bottom of heavy sauce pan. Cover with water cook for approximately 30 minutes. Pour off water and break beef up. Add chili and catsup. Simmer 45 minutes to 1 hour. Add water for consistency.
3 large sweet onions Vidalia
1 tsp olive oil
3 T butter
2 eggs
1 cup half and half
2 T flour
1 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
pinch nutmeg
2 oz Swiss cheese, grated chopped parsley
2 deep dish pie crust, 9”
Sauté slices onions in oil and butter over low heat until golden yellow. Beat together eggs, half and half, flour, salt, pepper and nutmeg, then add sliced onion and half of grated cheese. Pour into pie crust. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top and bake at 375 for 25-30 min. or until golden brown. Garnish with parsley.
Serves 16
Serves 8
4 cup cooked chicken
20 oz frozen broccoli spears
10 ¾ oz can of cream of chicken soup
½ cup mayonnaise
1 cup grated cheese
½ cup chopped onion
1 cup buttered bread crumbs
Remove chicken from bone and cut into small pieces. Place thawed broccoli spears into baking dish approximately 7 ½ x 12”. Spread chicken pieces over broccoli. Mix soup, mayonnaise, cheese and onion. Spread this mixture over chicken. Sprinkle buttered bread crumbs on top. Bake at 350 minutes or until bubbly.
Serves 16
12 oz evaporated milk (1 can)
3.5 oz lemon jello ( 1 small pkg)
¾ cup boiling water
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Juice from 2 lemons or
2T Real Lemon juice
Chill large can of evaporated milk til ice crystals form. Dissolve lemon jello in boiling water. Add sugar, vanilla, and juice from lemon; Let cool. Whip milk on high speed of mixer til stiff. On low speed, mix lemon mixture. Pour into graham cracker crust and chill. (You may substitute Real Lemon for juice of lemons.)
Lean ground beef