Vegetable Casserole

Vegetable Casserole - The best way to eat Lima beans, or any vegetable really.

Gather the following ingredients:

10 oz. package frozen baby Lima beans
10 oz. package frozen cauliflower
10 oz. package broccoli (chopped)
10 oz. can cream of mushroom soup
small jar cheese whiz
2 tbsp. milk
1 can french onions

Medium pot
Small sauce pot
Strainer
Small glass pan

Put the cauliflower and broccoli in the strainer.  Bring some water to a boil in a medium pot.  Cook the Lima beans for 5 minutes.  Pour the water and beans over the cauliflower and broccoli.  Drain well.

Layer the vegetables in a buttered small glass pan.

Combine the soup, cheese whiz, and milk in the small sauce pot.  Heat until well blended over a medium heat.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Pour the cheese mixture over the vegetables, cover with aluminum foil, and bake for 30 minutes.

Remove foil.  Cover with French onions and cook an additional 10 minutes.

 

 

Video Link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5QyoToPjSs

 



Creole Jambalaya

Creole Jambalaya - The good ham and smoked sausage one, not the other one.  I would never share the other one for all of our sakes.

Gather the following ingredients:

2 tabs of butter
Green bell pepper chopped
2 ribs of celery chopped
1 lb. cooked ham
1 lb. smoked sausage, sliced
1 can 8 oz. each tomato sauce
1/2 can chicken broth
salt
pepper
red pepper
Cajun seasoning

5 cups hot cooked rice

Dutch oven

Start the rice, two of the plastic cups, in the rice cooker.  Set it and forget it.

Chop the bell pepper and the celery ribs (2 sticks of celery).  Melt the butter in the Dutch oven.  Cook the vegetables over a medium heat until you can press the spatula through the celery or pepper easily.

Cube the ham.  Slice the sausage.  Add these to the vegetables.  Add the tomato sauce and chicken broth (use about half the can).  Salt, pepper (both kinds), and season.

 

Cook over a medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes.

Add the rice, cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 30 minutes.  Stir occasionally.

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Pickle wrapped in cream cheese and bread - appetizer

Pickle wrapped in cream cheese and bread - appetizer

Gather the following ingredients:

Small pickles
Loaf of bread
Cream cheese

Zap the cream cheese in the microwave for 20 seconds to make it soft enough to spread.

Cut the crust off the bread.

Spread the cream cheese on the bread.  Place a pickle in the middle.  Fold the bread.  Cut into fourths.

 

Place on a plate to serve.  Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Video Link:  http://youtu.be/rkSIypTCLtY