casseroles

Cheesy Cauliflower

January 28, 2010 by Ellen · 1 Comment 

Parboil some cauliflower, mix with cream and cheese and top with more cheese and breadcrumbs mixed with a bit of bacon. Mmmm.  Makes a great side dish. I served it with these grilled lamb chops and a simple chopped salad. 1 cauliflower,trimmed and cut into florets 1 1/3 cups cream or half and half 2 [...]

What to do with Leftover Turkey: Turkey Enchiladas

November 28, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

When you’re tired of turkey hash and turkey soup and turkey sandwiches, make these turkey enchiladas!  Totally not “leftovers” but just a great Mexican-oriented meal.  I made half green sauce and half red sauce enchiladas. The green sauce was store-bought, the red sauce was this enchilada sauce recipe. For the enchiladas, chop up a bunch [...]

Tuna Casserole: An Old Favorite

October 4, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

My youngest asked for tuna casserole tonight!  It’s been a long time since I made this so I browsed a few cookbooks and ended up with following the basic recipe in Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition – 2006, which is really a great source of all kinds of great recipes, even old fashioned casseroles! [...]

Chicken Divan Casserole from Leftover Chicken Cutlets

September 24, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

We had chicken cutlets last night for dinner, special request from college daughter that was home visiting a night.  I had leftovers, because I tend to make too much. Leftover cutlets are good reheated if you’re careful. Or you can turn them into any number of good chicken sandwiches, like these Sort of Buffalo Chicken [...]

King Ranch Chicken Casserole

September 13, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Lots of stories about where this comes from but let me say it is a delicious casserole!  I even make it when I don’t have leftover chicken to use up. In fact, tonight I bought a whole chicken, on sale and with a 30% off coupon so about $4 for a 4 pound chicken.  I [...]

How I Cook

March 2, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

When I was first learning how to cook it took all my attention just to get everything on the table, hot, at the same time. But once you’re past that stage, you find lots of time where you have a spare 10 or 15 or 20 minutes while you’re waiting for something to happen. If [...]

Call It Goulash or Slumgullion or … ?

February 5, 2009 by Ellen · 4 Comments 

Whatever you call it, it’s good, fast, easy, and flexible. I saw this and then this plus a few recipes in various cookbooks, including Feed Your Family Fast, Healthy Meals on $10 a Day (only available used but a great book!). I was thinking something with noodles and ground beef. This must have been the [...]

Tuna Casserole

April 26, 2006 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

One daughter loves it; one hates it. Ah well. The 70′s cookbooks call for cream of celery soup and crushed potato chips on top it seems. I went for the homemade white sauce last night. If I were to do it differently, I might add a bit of cheddar cheese to the sauce, or maybe [...]

Chicken Divan: Chicken and Broccoli Casserole

February 16, 2006 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Most recipes I’ve seen for this chicken and broccoli casserole don’t inspire me much. It seems to be a popular dish. I even have a stained recipe card from my grandmother containing her version, with a potato chip topping. Tonight I saw one that used sauteed chicken breasts rather than cooked diced chicken, fresh broccoli [...]

Chicken Pot Pie

September 24, 2004 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Our weather out here can’t quite make up its mind what it’s going to be doing from one day to the next. It makes menu planning a bit of a dicey game! Am I going to make that leek and potato soup I had in mind (and in fact even picked the leeks from the [...]

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