Homesteaders Casserole Recipes

HOMESTEADERS' FOUR-BEAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 3 quart casserole dish. You don't need to preheat oven right away because the first part of this recipe calls for cooking some ingredients on the stove top.
• 2. In large skillet cook bacon until crisp. Drain on paper towels. When cool, dice and set aside. Reserve drippings!
• 3. Add onion slices to fat in hot skillet.
• 4. Add syrup or brown sugar to skillet, along with garlic powder and dry mustard.
• 5. Reduce heat to medium and CAREFULLY add vinegar, slowly. Take care because hot steam will rise.
• 6. Cover and cook this mixture for 20 minutes.
• 7. Add beans (all kinds) to casserole dish. Stir in onion mixture and bacon pieces. Mix well. Cover and bake in 350* oven for 45 minutes.
• 8. Uncover and let stand for 20-25 minutes before serving.

HOMESTEADERS CASSEROLE

Steps:

• 1. Combine the green beans, onions and pimiento.
• 2. In a 2-1/2 quart casserole baking dish, add the mashed potatoes.
• 3. Put half of the cheese slices on top the potatoes.
• 4. Place the green bean mixture over the cheese slices.
• 5. Top with the cooked pork sausage links.
• 6. Cover the casserole, and bake for 30 minutes in a 350º oven.
• 7. Top with the remaining cheese slices, and continue baking until the cheese melts, then serve. Be careful when eating, as this dish is quite hot (temp-wise).
• 8. *Note: You could substitute fresh cooked green beans for the frozen-cooked green beans. I cooked my fresh green beans with a 1/2 cup of water, and sprinkled them with a bit of salt & pepper, and cooked them in a 900 watt microwave oven for 13 minutes (stirring the beans half way through the cooking time). Also, when cooking the potatoes, I added a few cloves of fresh garlic to the pot of water, and when the potatoes were done cooking and drained, I added several pats of butter, a bit of half-and-half cream, plus I sprinkled the mashed taters with freshly cracked black pepper, and added some Mrs Dash Table Blend Seasoning. Also... for the sausages, you can use Swift Premium Brown 'N Serve Sausages in place of the links. As shown in one of the photos. .

HOMESTEADER'S CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Combine the green beans, onions and pimiento.
• In a 2-1/2 quart casserole baking dish, add the mashed potatoes.
• Put half of the cheese slices on top the potatoes.
• Place the green bean mixture over the cheese slices.
• Top with the cooked pork sausage links.
• Cover the casserole, and bake for 30 minutes in a 350º oven.
• Top with the remaining cheese slices, and continue baking until the cheese melts. (This should only take about 1 minute to melt the cheese.).
• Yields: 4-5 servings.
• Note: You could substitute fresh cooked green beans for the frozen-cooked green beans. I cooked my fresh green beans with a 1/2 cup of water, and sprinkled them with a bit of salt & pepper, and cooked them in a 900 watt microwave oven for 13 minutes (stirring the beans half way through the cooking time). Also, when cooking the potatoes, I added a few cloves of fresh garlic to the pot of water, and when the potatoes were done cooking and drained, I added several pats of butter, a bit of half-and-half cream, plus I sprinkled the mashed taters with freshly cracked black pepper, also added some of Mrs Dash Table Blend Seasoning.