Mary's Lasagna Casserole

Ingredients:

Oven ready lasagna noodles
Box of hamburger helper lasagna
Meat
Onions
Cheese – cheddar or mozzarella – whatever you have on hand
Onion powder
Garlic powder
Oregano
Hot sauce - optional
½ big can of tomato juice


To prepare:

Brown the hamburger and then add the onions – salt and pepper;
Heat up the tomato juice, hamburger helper spice packet, tsp of onion powder and tsp of garlic powder – and hot sauce if desired – we add Frank’s red hot sauce;
Cook 1/3 package of lasagna noodles broken up; when they are almost cooked add the hamburger helper noodles – cook and drain. If your using a lot of hamburger and it will fill more than a square sized casserole dish I’d cook ½ the box of oven ready lasagna noodles;
Add the hamburger to a casserole dish, add the noodles and the sauce, mix it all together and sprinkle the top with oregano and cover with your favourite cheese. We hid some pieces of cream cheese in it this time to see if it added some yummy goodness – was ok; but nothing special!

Cook on 350 for 40 minutes.

Chicken Cordon Bleu Fake Out

Easy enough for any weeknight, yummy enough for dinner with company!

Grocery List

• 4 or 5 chicken breasts chopped into bite sized pieces
• 1 cup chopped ham (or you could use 6 slices of deli ham chopped)
• 5 slices of Swiss Cheese - cut or torn into bite size pieces
• 1 can of cream of mushroom soup
• 2 tbsp Dijon mustard
• 1 box of your favorite stuffing mix (or you could use your own homemade version)
  

Cooking It All Up:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Prepare the stuffing mix according to box directions.
  
• Chop chicken, ham, cheese into bite sized pieces and throw it all into a casserole dish.
• Take 1 can of cream of mushroom soup, open it, dump 2 tbsp of the Dijon mustard right into the can. Mix it up.
• Pour the soup/mustard mix onto the chicken/ham/cheese mix.
• Stir it on up. Be gentle.
• Top with prepared stuffing mix.
• Bake until cooked and chicken is no longer pink - probably 60 minutes.

Chicks Note: If you are making this recipe for company you might want to take extra time, pound out the chicken breast, lay a piece of ham and a piece of swiss on each chicken breast, roll, place in dish. Make the sauce and stuffing the same way! A little prettier on the plate but exactly the same taste!

I like to serve this with mashed potatoes and a veggie. YUM YUM YUM - Comfort food at it's best!

Shepherd's Pie - an oldie but a lovely!

My mother used to make this recipe when I was a kid; and she used mixed vegetables and I hated that! But I loved it otherwise, and knew it had potential. So, when I got old enough I revamped this recipe into what I love - and it is always a favourite in our house - my nephew and sister love it too - it is delicious! That's the great thing about it, you can make it your very own. I have a friend who puts onion soup mix into the beef, and that is quite good as well.



Ingredients:
Hamburger;
6 good sized potatoes;
Veggies of your choice - whether they be frozen or canned
I like to use delmonte french cut green beans and corn; a can of each;
1 small onion;
cup of mushrooms or canned if you like those as well;
milk and butter for the mashed potatoes;
1 cup of cheddar cheese; and
1/2 cup of ketchup or just squirt to taste.


First you are going to boil your potatoes; mash them your favourite way. I usually add milk and butter - however, sour cream would work well also.
At the same time you are going to brown your hamburger - I always season my hamburger with salt and pepper while it's browning; then add your mushrooms and onions - cook for another 10 mins and add your ketchup - to taste.



In a glassware dish, you are going to place the cooked hamburger on the bottom, then layer on your drained veggies of your choice, then layer on your mashed potatoes, and top with cheese.



Bake at 350 for 30-40 mins until it is heated through and cheese is good and melted on the top!



Easy as can be and absolutely delicious!