Tuna Casserole

The recipe for tuna casserole I found here.Once again the tuna lured me in, and I only had to change up a few ingredients to feast on my fish.

Ingredients: 
8 ounces egg noodles
1 can cream of celery soup
1/2 cup mayonnaise
3/4 cup evaporated milk
1 cup grated cheese
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/2 chopped small onion
1 tsp black pepper
1 can tuna (with juice)

Directions: Boil the noodles. Preheat oven to 325. Mix all ingredients in a bowl, reserving half the cheese. Place mixture in a 4 serving casserole dish. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top. Bake for 30 minutes. Serve.

Changes: The changes that occurred during this cooking experience were with the choices of food. For the noodles I used a little over 1 cup of rotini. Instead of cream of celery soup I used the broccoli alternative. For grated cheese I sprinkled more over the top. I neglected to put celery or onion in my casserole because of their revolting taste, however I sprinkled a large amount of onion powder into it. Lastly I admit i drained the tuna without thinking about it. BUT I promise this one actually tastes good.

Also is anyone REALLY desires to see the outcome, I have photos on my phone but I lost the connector so I can't download them. This applies for my other recipes as well. I will not repeat this message.

Mexican Casserole

Mexican Casserole

1 pound lean ground beef

2 cups salsa

1 can chili beans, drained

3 cups tortilla shells, crushed

2 cups sour cream

1 can slices black olives, drained

1/2 chopped green onion

1/2 cup chopped fresh tomato

2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook ground beef until no longer pink. Stir in salsa, reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes, or until liquid is absorbed. Stir in beans, and heat through.
3. Spray a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray. Spread crushed tortilla chips in dish, and then spoon beef mixture over chips. Spread sour cream over beef, and sprinkle olives, green onion, and tomato over the sour cream. Top with Cheddar cheese.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until hot and bubbly.

Corn Casserole

I found this recipe on allrecipes.com

Ingredients:

• 
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 (15 ounce) can cream-style corn
• 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
• 1/4 butter, melted
• 1 (15.25 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
• 1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
• 1/2 chopped onion
• 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chillies, drained
• 1 (8.5 ounce) package dry corn muffin mix

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 2 quart casserole dish.

2. In a large mixing bowl, combine eggs, cream style corn, sour cream and melted butter. Stir in whole kernel corn, cheese, onion and chillies. Stir in the corn muffin mix until just moistened.

    

3. Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 75 minutes; or until an inserted knife       comes out clean and the top is golden. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

This recipe was quite good, however it was unexpectedly sweet. Also, I left out the "diced green chillies" because after tasting them, I didn't like them. Other than that, my family enjoyed this recipe!

Cheese Pasta Casserole

I made this casserole for dinner last night.  My family and I really enjoyed it.  I'm not a fan of Parmesan cheese so next time, I'll try it without.  Other than that, it was great.  

Overnight Chicken Casserole

I found the recipe here, This was fairly easy to make and you can easily save this casserole for the next day. 


2 cups uncooked macaroni
2 cups chopped cooked chicken
1 can Cream of Mushroom soup
1 can Cream of Chicken soup
2 cup milk
1 medium onion
1/2 cup diced cheese
Add salt and pepper, to taste

Add all the ingredients and mix them well. Put in the refrigerate overnight and bake for any 1 hour and 350F.   Remove from oven and sprinkle top with herbed stuffing mix and cake for an additional 15 minutes

* I added turkey instead of chicken.

Carman's Caper

I put some catchup on the top when i finished.  I think next time i might put more cheese when I bake it.
It taste good and looks okay...

Rice-Celery Casserole

I found this recipe in an old school cook book and decided to make it on the weekend, I added a couple things to change it up.

Ingredients:

• 1 Spanish onion
• 1 pound hamburger
• 1 1/2 cups of water
• 1 cup uncooked rice
• 4 stalks of celery
• 1 can of tomato soup
• 1 can of mushroom soup
• 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese
• 1 1/2 cup of corn
• 2 cloves of garlic

*items I added to give more flavour

Instructions:

1. Brown hamburger in a skillet, drain fat. Add onion and garlic and sauté until tender. Add water and chopped celery. Bring to boil and simmer 5 minutes.
2. Pour into large casserole dish; add rice, corn, cheese, tomato soup, and mushroom soup.
3. Bake at 350 F for 1 1/2 hours. Stir every half hour.

Changes:

The whole family liked this casserole. I added the sharp cheddar cheese, corn, and garlic as shown above.

Sausage Lasagna

I made this lasagna ahead on Saturday and put it in the oven on Sunday. I found this recipe on the food network website. It would have tasted better with more sauce; next time I'll make a double recipe of that.

Ingredients

• 1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes
• 1/4 cup dry red wine
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil leaves, plus 2 whole sprigs
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• Pinch crushed red pepper flakes
  
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 (16-ounce) container 1 percent low-fat cottage cheese
• 1 (15-ounce) container part-skim ricotta cheese
• 1 (10-ounce) box frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
• 2 scallions, chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 8 ounces lean sweet Italian-style turkey sausage, casings removed
• 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
• 9 sheets no-boil lasagna noodles, 5 1/2-ounces, (recommended: Barilla)
• 1 1/2 cups part-skim shredded mozzarella cheese, 6 ounces

Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a small pot bring the tomatoes, wine, whole basil sprigs, garlic, red pepper flakes, and salt and pepper, to taste, to a simmer; cook until slightly thickened, 10 minutes; set aside.

2. Meanwhile, puree the cottage cheese in the bowl of a food processor until smooth. add the ricotta, spinach, 1/4 cup chopped basil, scallions, nutmeg, and salt and pepper and pulse until just combined; set aside.

3. Coat a large nonstick skillet with nonstick cooking spray set over medium heat. Cook the sausage and onion, breaking it up with a wooden spoon into small pieces, until the meat is browned and the onion tender, 10 minutes.

4. Assemble the lasagna: Mist a 9-inch by 13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Spread 1/2 cup tomato sauce on the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Top with 3 noodles, half the ricotta mixture, half the sausage and 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese. Repeat layers with sauce, noodles, remaining ricotta and sausage and 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese. Top with remaining noodles and sauce. Cover with aluminum foil and bake until the noodles are tender and the sauce is bubbling around the edges of the pan, 1 hour.

5. Uncover, sprinkle with remaining mozzarella cheese and continue to bake until melted, 10 minutes. Let stand 15 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup basil. Serve.

Cabbage Casserole

My family like cabbage rolls, so my mom suggested to make cabbage casserole for this week's aassignment. It actually turned out REALLY good!

Cabbage Casserole

Ingredients:

2lbs ground beef
2 cups cooked brown rice
2 chopped onions
1 zucchini chopped
2 tsp thyme
4 cloves garlic minced
3 cups canned tomatoes pureed
2 cups beef broth
1/2 head of cabbage
salt&pepper to taste

Directions:

Cook the rice in a rice cooker. Preheat oven to 350. Chop onions, zucchini, garlic, cabbage. Fry the chopped ingredients with the ground beef and pureed tomatoes, thyme, beef broth, salt, and pepper. Mix in the rice. Put a layer of cabbage on the bottom of the casserole dish and then pour in the fried ingredients and rice, then put another layer of cabbage on top of everything and cook for about an hour (or until the cabbage is cooked).

Ham & Cheese Noodle Casserole

Tonight I made a ham and cheese and noodle casserole. I got the recipe from my mom, who came up with the recipe herself. My family really enjoys this casserole, and it's fairly easy to make.

Ingredients
- 8 oz. package of wide noodles
- 1 1/2 cup cooked ham
- 1 can cream of mushroom soup
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 cup grated cheese, divided

Directions
Preheat oven 375 degrees. Boil noodles in a pot. Once noodles have been cooked, in a separate bowl mix together  mushroom soup, milk, and butter for the sauce. In a greased casserole dish, layer the ingredients as follows, noodles, half cup of cheese, sauce, ham, remainder of cheese.

Changes
I added more cheese to the top of the casserole, as well as mixing some leftover chicken with the ham. I served it with a caesar salad.

Hash Brown Casserole

Tonight I made my family a hash brown casserole that was served with a salad & bread with butter. (We were supposed to have meatballs too but I accidentally burned an entire bag..) The casserole was really easy to prepare & everyone said that it tasted great! I got this recipe from my mom's family cook book.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg. bag of hash brown potatoes
• 1 cup of sour cream
• 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese
• 1/2 cup of melted butter
• 1/2 of chopped onion
• 2 cans of cream of chicken soup
• Cornflakes 

Directions:

• Mix all of the ingredients except for the Cornflakes together in a large bowl.
• Spread the mixture into a 9"x13" pan & sprinkle the Cornflakes on top.
• Drizzle another 1/2 cup of butter on top of the Cornflakes.
• Bake in the oven at 350 degrees F for approximately 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 hours.

Changes:

• I didn't add any onions.
• Because my sister is a vegetarian, I added 2 cans of cream of celery soup instead of the chicken, & it tasted just as good! 

Category 7: Casseroles!

Take advantage of the cold, freeze-rainy weather and turn on your oven.

Unless you live in North Waterloo.  You can't turn your oven on until they give you back your power.

Fire up the bbq???

Make a casserole.  Take a picture.  Tell us what you did and what your tasters thought.

Have fun!