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Down-Home Creamy Ham Casserole

August 11, 2018 by sblades Leave a Comment

Down-Home Creamy Ham Casserole

I have so many wonderful cookbooks and one of my favorites is Southern Living’s Quick & Easy Recipes. Sometimes I just want a ‘quick and easy’ throw together dinner that’s from scratch and tastes great. This cookbook has tons of those recipes and this Down-Home Creamy Ham Casserole is one of them.

Of course ‘quick’ can be purely subjective and as long as you have the ingredients chopped and ready, this casserole fits the bill.

Down-Home Creamy Ham Casserole

You start with a from-scratch creamy cheese sauce, then add the tender cauliflower, smoky ham, and fresh mushrooms. Sprinkle soft breadcrumbs over the top, drizzle a little butter and bake until bubbly and golden brown. The perfect casserole, right? Right. This is comfort food deluxe.

Down-Home Creamy Ham Casserole

Serve Down-Home Creamy Ham Casserole with a little green salad and of course a few buttery Best Dinner Rolls and you’ll have a delicious, hearty dinner.

You’ll also be the envy of the office when you take leftovers for lunch the next day. Send them on over here to my website and tell them to get cooking!

Down-Home Creamy Ham Casserole

Down-Home Creamy Ham Casserole

Yield: 5-6
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes

Wonderful from-scratch cheese sauce enrobes tender cauliflower, fresh mushrooms and chunks of ham. 

Ingredients

  • 3 heaping C. cauliflower florets (about 1 smallish cauliflower)
  • 4 tbsp butter
  • 1/3 C all-purpose flour
  • 1 C 2% milk
  • 1 C shredded Cheddar or Colby-Cheddar cheese
  • 1/2 C sour cream
  • 2 C cooked ham, cubed
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 5 oz. fresh mushrooms
  • 1 C soft breadcrumbs
  • 2 tbsp butter, melted

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°.  Lightly spray 2 quart casserole dish.
  2. Fill a large pot with about 3-inches of water, sprinkle with salt and bring to a boil.  Add cauliflower and cook for 12-13 minutes until crisp-tender.  Drain and set aside.
  3. While cauliflower is cooking, put 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a small saucepan over medium heat.  Add the mushrooms and saute until the mushrooms are soft and have lost most of their liquid (4-5 minutes).  Set aside.
  4. In a medium saucepan, melt 4 tablespoons of butter over medium heat.  Whisk in 1/3 cup flour for about 30-45 seconds until smooth.  Gradually add 1 cup of milk, whisking constantly, until it just begins to thicken.  Add shredded cheese and sour cream, stirring constantly until cheese melts (about 30-45 seconds).  Do not boil.  The mixture will be fairly thick and sticky, but still stirrable.
  5. Stir the cauliflower, cubed ham, and mushrooms into the cheese sauce until evenly combined.  Pour the mixture into the prepared casserole dish and sprinkle with the bread crumbs.  Pour the melted butter evenly over the tops of the crumbs.
  6. Bake for 40-45 minutes, turning once during baking, until golden brown and bubbly.  Serve immediately.  

Notes

Tips and Stuff:

The original recipe calls for a 3 ounce can of canned sliced mushrooms, drained.  I prefer to use the fresh.

For the breadcrumbs, I had some extra heels from a loaf of bread, so I finely chopped 2 of them up.  They worked great.

Nutrition Information:
Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1 serving
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 538Total Fat: 37gSaturated Fat: 19gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 117mgSodium: 981mgCarbohydrates: 27gFiber: 3gSugar: 6gProtein: 27g

Nutrition Values are Approximate

© Southern Living Quick & Easy
Category: Casseroles

Filed Under: All Recipes, Casseroles Tagged With: casserole, cauliflower, easy dinner, ham, mushrooms, weeknight dinner

Crockpot Garlic Brown Sugar Chicken

February 22, 2015 by sblades Leave a Comment

 
I was skimming through the family cookbook the other day and came across this chicken recipe that I haven’t made for almost twenty years. Don’t know why, because we do like it a lot and it’s super easy to throw together.

Crockpot Garlic Brown Sugar Chicken is one of those throw-and-go recipes (throw it in the crockpot and go away for four hours). That’s it – I’ve decided to add a new “Throw-and-Go” entry to the recipe categories!

Crockpot garlic brown sugar chicken

Crockpot Garlic Brown Sugar Chicken is a little like a General Tsao’s flavor, except not fried. It’s sweet, salty, and savory with a little vinegar kick and is really good over rice or noodles.

The recipe calls for 1/2 teaspoon of red pepper flakes, but if you’re adverse to that much spiciness, just crank it down to 1/4 tsp. or a pinch.

If you’re looking for a new and really simple chicken recipe with ingredients you probably have in the pantry, this is a good one to try.

Crockpot garlic brown sugar chicken

Crockpot Garlic Brown Sugar Chicken

Yield: 4 servings
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 4 hours
Total Time: 4 hours 10 minutes

Sweet, salty, savory chicken with a little spicy vinegar kick.

Ingredients

  • 1 to 1 1/2 lbs. chicken breasts cut into 1 to 1 1/2" pieces  
  • Sauce:
  • 3/4 C. packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 C. plus 2 tbsp. vinegar
  • 1/4 C. 7-up or Sprite
  • 1 tbsp. minced garlic
  • 2 tbsp. low-sodium soy sauce
  • 1 tsp. black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes (optional, but recommended)
  • 1/2 C. water
  • 2 tbsp. flour
  • 2 1/2 to 3 cups cooked noodles or rice

Instructions

  1. Place the chicken pieces in the crockpot.  
  2. In a medium bowl, combine the remaining ingredients and stir well.  Pour over the chicken and set on low.  Check at 4 hours - should be done.
  3. Ladle as much of the sauce out of the crockpot as you can and put it into a sauce pan on low heat.  Put about 1/2 C. of the sauce in a small bowl and add the flour, stirring until smooth. Pour into the saucepan with the rest of the sauce, stirring, and bring to a boil.  
  4. Boil on low for 2 or 3 minutes until thickened and remove from heat.
  5. Divide the chicken among your plates (over rice or noodles) and drizzle with the sauce as desired.

Notes

If you don't like spicy, leave the red pepper flakes out, but it's better with
them.

Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1 serving
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 477Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 145mgSodium: 598mgCarbohydrates: 48gFiber: 0gSugar: 43gProtein: 54g

Nutrition Values are Approximate

© sblades
Category: Throw and Go! (Crockpot Recipes)

Filed Under: All Recipes, Chicken/Poultry, Throw and Go! (Crockpot Recipes) Tagged With: chicken, Crockpot chicken, garlic brown sugar chicken, General Tsao's chicken, weeknight dinner

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