Easy Casserole Recipes
for Ground Beef or Turkey
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As you know most casseroles call for some sort of "can of soup," usually a cream soup. These were very popular during the 1970's and the cream soups were a bit cheaper to buy.
Here's an easy macaroni and cheese that even teens can make, along with some old casserole dishes from the 1970's. I'm so glad to get these out of my recipe file.
Easy Macaroni and Cheese
2 cups dry macaroni4 slices American Cheese
a little milk
a little butter
salt and pepper to taste
Cook macaroni according
to package instructions. Drain and rinse. Leave the hot macaroni in the pot and
put it back on the stove on low heat. Tear sliced American cheese into pot and
stir until melted. Add a little milk if thin macaroni and cheese is desired. Add
more slices of American cheese if you like it real cheesy.
Recipe from my
own recipe file
Quick Goulash
1 pkg. Macaroni and Cheese
Mix
1 lb ground beef
1/4 c. onion
8oz can tomato sauce
1/4 c. catsup
Prepare
Macaroni according to directions. Brown beef and onion and drain. Combine all
and heat thoroughly. Serves 6 to 8.
Recipe from Crooks, SD
Beef Put Together
1 tablespoon shortening
1 lb ground beef
1 large
onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
1 medium green pepper, coursely chopped (1/2 cup)
1
#2 1/2 can can tomatoes (3 1/2 cups)
1 cup rice (quick cooking type)
1 tsp.
salt
1 tsp. chili powder
1/8 tsp. pepper
Melt shortening in a
large skillet, add beef and stir occasionally until well browned. Add other ingredients,
cover, bring to boil, then simmer for 1/2 hour.
Recipe from a 1963 church
cookbook
Easy Broccoli Casserole
2 boxes chopped broccoli
1/2
cup butter
1/2 lb American cheese
1/2 cup crackers or cornflakes.
Boil
broccoli for 7 or 8 minutes. Drain and set aside. In a saucepan melt cheese with
half the butter. Stir constantly, until melted. Pour into buttered casserole over
brocolli. Crush crackers and mix with rest of melted butter. Pour over broccoli
cheese mixture. Bake at 350 for 20 min.
Recipe from 1953 Cookbook
Brocolli Casserole
2 pkg. frozen chopped brocolli, cooked, well drained)
3
eggs, well beaten
1 can celery soup
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup grated sharp
cheddar cheese
1 cup buttered cracker crumbs
Spread cooked brocolli
in buttered shallow baking dish. Mix eggs, mayonnaise and soup. Pour over the
brocolli covering it completely. Spread on cheese, then top with cracker crumbs.
Bake at 350 until brown. I often add a cooked carrot, sliced thin for color to
the brocolli.
Recipe from a 1968 Indiana church recipebook
Green Bean Casserole with Cheese
3 pkg. frozen French green beens
1 can
cream of mushroom soup
4oz can water chestnuts
1 tbsp. worcestershire sauce
1
pkg slivered almonds
8oz Cheez Whiz
4oz can of mushrooms
Salt and Pepper
to taste
Cook beans according to directions on package. While beans are cooking mix remaining ingredients except almonds. Drain beans well, and add to other ingredients while beans are still hot. Pour into a 3 quart casserole, sprinkle almonds on top, bake uncovered at 350 for 30 minutes. Yields 10 to 12 servings.
Potato Casserole
6 good sized potatoes, boiled, cooled,
grated
1 cup grated American Cheese
1 can cream chicken soup
5 or 6 green
onions, sliced
1/2 stick margarine
1/2 pint sour cream
Melt butter in saucepan. Add soup and half of the cheese. Stir until cheese is melted. Add sour cream and stir, don't boil, then add onions. Mix and pour over potatoes. Stir until well blended and put in a buttered casserole. Top with rest of cheese. Bake in 350 oven until bubbly and brown, about 30 minutes.
Easy Chipped Beef
1 pound hamburger
1 sm onion chopped - optional
1 can cream
of mushroom soup
Fry onion with the hamburger and drain. Add the undiluted cream of mushroom soup. Heat through. Serve on butter toast or sliced biscuits on a plate.
Beef Strips
4-5 lbs tenderized steak
1 medium
onion, chopped
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
1/4 cup chopped celery
1
cup chopped tomatoes
1 tablesp worcestershire sauce
1 tablesp brown sugar
1
tsp dry mustard
Dash salt and pepper
Cut steak into strips. Mix 1/2
cup flour, mustard, salt and pepper. Roll steak in flour mixture, brown in oil.
Put in a 2 qt casserol. Mix the rest of the ingredients. Pour over steak and bake
in oven at 350 for 1 hour
Recipe from a SD Special Olympics Cookbook
Hamburger and Green Bean Casserole
1 lb. ground beef
1 sm onion
2 T fat
1
tsp salt
1 can tomato soup
1 pkg or can of green beens drained
Brown meat and onion, season, Add soup and beans. Pour into a greased casserole or square pan. 8 1/2 x 8 1/2. Drop biscuit batter by the tablespoon on top. Bake at 425 for 12-15 min. or until biscuits are brown. Add a salad for a complete meal.
Texas Hash
Put 3 Tablespoons Crisco or oil in a frying pan.
Slice 1 large
onion and brown it in frypan till yellow.
Add 2 chopped green peppers and saute.
Add
1 lb ground beef and brown
Add 1/2 cup uncooked rice
2 cups canned tomatoes
1/2
tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
a little sugar.
Bake in a covered dish at 375 1 hr. This is very good and makes a nice casserole.
Easy Beef and Tater Tot Casserole
1 lb lean ground beef
1/2 pkg Liptons onion soup
mix
1 can mushroom soup
1 package tater tots
1 cup grated cheese of choice
Press the raw ground beef in the bottom of a square baking dish. Sprinkle with the Onion Soup mix. Spread the mushroom soup over the top. Place a layer of frozen tator tots on top. Bake for 50 minutes, sprinkle with grated cheese and bake 10 more minutes.
Bake at 350 for 1 hr. You can double the recipe and use a 13 x 9" baking dish if you have a large family.
Six Layer Dinner
3
or 4 sliced potatoes
1 cup uncooked quick cooking rice
2 lbs. browned ground
beef
2 med onions, cut up
1 large green pepper, chopped
1 16 oz can tomato
sauce
1 16 oz can tomatoes, chopped
1st layer - sliced potatoes to
cover bottom of greased baking dish.
2nd layer - uncooked rice
3rd layer
- ground beef
4th layer - onions
5th layer - green pepper
6th layer -
tomato sauce & tomatoes mixed together
Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Cover with lid or aluminum foil. Bake at 350 for 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Serves 5
Cabbage Au Gratin
1 medium head cabbage, coursely chopped
4 tbsp. butter
4
tbsp. flour
2 cups hot milk
Salt and pepper to taste
3/4 cup cheddar
cheese (mild or sharp)
3 tbsp. melted butter
Ritz cracker crumbs & 1
stick of butter
Cook cabbage in salted water until tender. Put 4 tbsp.
butter in skillet, melt and stir in flour. Season with salt and pepper, add hot
milk and stir until slightly thickened. Drain cabbage and layer in a buttered
dish, alternating with cheese, paprika, and the white sauce. Mix 1 tube Ritz cracker
crumbs with 1 stick of melted butter and spread over top of casserole. Bake 15
to 20 minutes at 400 until brown and bubbly.
Recipe from a 1968 cookbook
Skillet Cabbage
4 cups sliced cabbage
2 cups diced celery
2 chopped tomatoes
1
green pepper, cut into strips
2 large onions sliced
1/2 cup bacon drippings
1
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2 tsp. sugar
No water
Combine in skillet and cook covered for 10 minutes or until tender.
See more recipes
for casseroles: Mexican Casserole, Easy Hot Dish,
Hamburger Biscuit Casserole, Super Supper Casserole, and Meatball Casserole
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