One Dish Casserole Carrousel

Most people will have at least 1 item from each category on hand most of the time so it looks like a great recipe for those nights when you need to throw something together quickly!

Sauce - Choose one of the following:
· 1 can cream of mushroom soup
· 1 can cheddar cheese soup
· 1 can cream of chicken soup
· 1 can cream of celery soup
· 2 cans (14 1/2 oz) seasoned diced tomatoes, un-drained

Protein - Choose one of the following:
§ 2 cups cooked cubed chicken or turkey
§ 2 cups cooked cubed roastbeef
§ 2 cups cubed ham
§ 1 lb ground beef, browned and drained
§ 2 cups cubed smoked sausage
§ 12 oz can tuna, drained and flaked
§ 1 can your favorite beans

Vegetables - Choose 1 1/2 cups, in any combination:
**Note: drain canned vegetables, thaw frozen ones.
· Whole kernel corn
· Baby peas
· Cut Italian green beans
· Asparagus
· Chopped spinach
· Frozen cauliflower florets
· Chopped broccoli

Starch - Choose one of the following:
· 1 cup regular rice, uncooked
· 2 cups elbow macaroni, uncooked
· 3 cups small pasta shells, uncooked
· 4 cups wide egg noodles, uncooked

Extras - Optional, choose one or more:
· 4 oz can sliced mushrooms, drained
· 1/4 cup chopped onion
· 1/4 cup chopped celery
· 1/4 cup chopped green pepper
· 8 oz can sliced water chestnuts, drained 4 oz can green chilies
· 1 tsp minced garlic
· 1/4 cup chopped olives
· 1 pkg taco seasoning mix
· 1/2 cup canned french fried onions

Toppings - Choose one or two of the following:
§ 1/2 cup shredded cheese
§ 1/2 cup seasoned or plain bread crumbs
§ 1 cup crushed crackers (saltines, Ritz, etc)
§ 1 cup stuffing mix
§ 1 cup crushed croutons
§ 1 cup crushed potato chips
§ 1 cup crushed tortilla chips
§ 1 cup Chinese fried noodles
§ 1/2 cup canned french fried onions

THE MASTER RECIPE
1 cup sour cream
1 cup milk
1 cup water
salt and pepper to taste
One Sauce
One Protein
One Vegetable
One Starch
One or more Extras (optional)
One or two Toppings

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 x 13 inch baking dish with non-stick spray.
2. Mix together the sour cream, milk, water, salt, and pepper with your choice of Sauce
ingredient (if using the tomatoes, omit milk and sour cream).
Stir in the Protein ingredient, Vegetable ingredient, Starch ingredient and optionally,
the Extra ingredient(s). Spoon into prepared baking dish and cover tightly.
3. Bake, covered, for 1 hour and 10 minutes.
4. Remove cover and sprinkle with Topping ingredient(s).
5. Continue to bake for an additional 10 minutes, uncovered.

Yield: 4 - 6 servings.

Obviously the cost will differ greatly based on which ingredients you choose but it should not be an expensive recipe as there are no expensive ingredients included.

Thanks to Amy H. for this WONDERFUL recipe!