Casseroles

BAKED SPAGHETTI


1 cup chopped onion
4 oz sliced ripe olives
1 cup chopped green pepper
2 teaspoons oregano
1 T. butter or margarine
1# gr. beef browned(optional)
1 can(28 oz)tomatoes with liquid,cut up
12 oz spaghetti, cooked
1 can(4 oz)sliced mushrooms, drained
2 cups(8 oz)shredded cheddar cheese
1 can(10 3/4 oz) cream mushroom soup
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

In large skillet, saute onion and green pepper in butter until tender. Add tomatoes, mushrooms, olives and oregano. Add ground beef if desired. Simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Place half of the cooked spaghetti in a greased 13x9 baking dish. Top with half of the vegetable mixture. Sprinkle with 1 cup of cheddar cheese. Repeat layers. Mix the soup and water until smooth; pour over casserole. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake uncovered, at 350* for 30-35 minutes or until heated through. Serves 12

BEEF RICE CASSEROLE

1# ground beef         1 onion                1 green pepper
1- 1# can tomatoes     1 c. uncooked rice     1 can corn
1 8 oz tomato sauce    1/2 c. cheddar cheese  1 tea chili powder
1/2 t. garlic salt     1 tea. salt            1/4 t. pepper

Brown hamburger, onion, green pepper.  Add tomatoes, tomato
sauce, and seasoning.  Simmer 15 minutes, uncovered.  Meanwhile, 
cook rice as directed on package.  Drain.  Add rice & corn to 
meat mixture.  Pour into 2 qt casserole.  Top with cheese, cover 
and bake.  350 degrees - 30 minutes.

COWBOY BEANS

There are many variations to this recipe, you will soon be making them just the way you like them. 
   1/2 lb bacon                     1 lb ground beef
   1 sm chopped onion               1/2 c. ketchup
   1/4 c. brown sugar               1 t. mustard
   2 T. vinegar                     1/4 t. black pepper
   1-14oz lima beans(drained)       1-14oz kidney beans(drained)
   1-28 oz can Bush Beans

Fry bacon in skillet, set aside.  Drain most of the grease from 
the skillet, add hamburger and onion, cook until browned.  Drain 
any remaining grease after the hamburger is browned.  Add the 
remaining ingredients and mix together. Crumble bacon and add to 
bean mixture.  Pour into a large casserole dish and bake until 
for 45 minutes at 350.


Variations:
   *Substitute black beans for lima  or kidney beans
   *Substitute butter beans for lima or kidney beans
   *Add butter beans and/or black beans to the above recipe, if  
    you add both kinds of beans, you may also want to add and    
    extra 14 oz can of  Bush Beans.  
   *Substitute 1 T. Watkins Onion Soup Base or Lipton Onion Soup
    Mix for fresh onion.  Or use fresh onion and Onion Soup Base.

Additional Recipes

Layered Beef-Cabbage Casserole

Stir Fried Chicken and Mushrooms

Spinach-Beef Spaghetti Pie

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