8 not just casserole Recipes

chicken (any type just stay around $3.00 per package.), uncooked white rice , not instant rice ($0.99 per box), cream of mushroom soup ($0.50 at wal-mart ), paprika (or just use your favorite all season spice), black pepper, water, green beans ($0.50 at wal-mart )

leek, white and part of the green sliced thinly, garlic, diced, butter, butter for ing the baking dish, french bread, cubed into 1 cubes (depending on the size of your loaf, you may or may not need the entire loaf - you need enough to cover the bottom on the baking dish, and a layer on the top), cubed smoked ham (i prefer the saltiness of smoked ham over the sweet taste of honey or brown sugar ham - if you don tsp have leftover ham to use, just ask the deli person to slice a 1 thick piece of smoked ham for you), grated gruyere cheese (swiss cheese will do, but gruyere is worth the splurge!), half-and-half or whole milk, eggs, salt, garlic salt, pepper, al: a very light drizzle of hollandaise sauce over each slice is a nice addition, too. if you put the sauce in a separate gravy server , your guests can have the choice of adding it or noti m a big fan of hollandaise, so of course i never pass it up

fresh shucked oysters (canned are not nearly as good in this recipe), drained and juice reserved (if oysters are large, cut them in half or thirds), just under 1 cup of heavy cream, butter, melted, worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, more, as needed ) coarsely crushed saltine crackers, not finely crushed, butter , cut into slivers for topping

frozen french style green beans, chopped onion, margarine, fine dry breadcrumbs, low-sodium cream of mushroom soup, plain fat-free yogurt, pepper

pepperidge farm cornbread stuffing, butter melted, good size yellow squash (steamed and mashed ), cream of chicken soup, shredded or grated carrots, sour cream

green beans, kernel corn, peas, veg-all, mayo (low fat fine , just not miracle whip), shredded cheeze of your choice, onion diced small (sometimes i use 3 tblsp minced onion for convenience with good results), opt ) 2 tblsp garlic pwdr, salt and pepper to taste, roll of ritz crackers, butter