Corn Casserole

This is an easy dish to whip up and a popular one at pot-luck meals!

Ingredients:

1 stick butter, melted
2 eggs
1 package (8.5 ounce) corn bread mix
1 can whole kernel corn, drained
1 can cream-style corn
1 cup sour cream

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a medium mixing bowl, melt the butter.

• Add sour cream and blend together well.

• Break eggs, dump into mixture and stir well.

• Stir in dry corn bread mix.

• Drain whole kernel corn and dump it into the bowl.

• Pour cream-style corn into bowl.

• Stir all ingredients to blend well and pour batter into two-quart baking dish.

• Bake 40-45 minutes until golden brown on top.

This is a great pot-luck dish!  I stirred it up for our family's Thanksgiving feast.

Personal Pizza

Ingredients:
Crusts (regular or thin & crispy
Tomato sauce
browned ground beef
browned ground sausage
cooked bacon slices
green pepper, diced
onion, diced
mushrooms, sliced
black olives, sliced
Mozzarella cheese, grated

Directions:

• Place crust on pizza stone.

• Spread tomato sauce on crust.

• Spread browned meats over sauce.

• Chop bacon slices into small pieces.
• Spread bacon over sauce.

• Sprinkle on peppers .

• Sprinkle on onion.

• Sprinkle on mushrooms and olives over all.

• Cover with grated cheese.

• Bake 10-18 minutes until cheese is melted, golden, and bubbling.
• Slice into quarters and serve.

I loved these!  They were quick and easy to assemble using ingredients I had on hand - most of it already prepared and in the fridge.

Old-Fashioned Hungarian Goulash

Ingredients:
1 pound ground beef
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 small onion, diced (2/3 cup)
1 1/2 cups chicken broth
1 cup tomato sauce
1 can Italian tomatoes
2 teaspoons Hungarian spice mix (basil, paprika, oregano, cumin, tarragon, parsley)
1 teaspoon chopped Bay leaves
salt and pepper to taste
1 1/2 cups elbow macaroni, uncooked
1/2 cup Mozzarella cheese, grated
1/2 cup cheddar cheese, grated

Instructions:

• In a four-quart Dutch oven, brown ground beef, adding onions and garlic about half-way through.

• Add chicken broth and tomato sauce, 

• Stir in tomatoes and spices.

• Cover and simmer for 15 minutes

• Add macaroni, cover again, and simmer for 20-30 minutes.

• Stir in cheddar cheese.

• Add Mozzarella just before serving.