Green Bean Casserole

Green Bean Casserole

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons butter

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon white sugar

1/4 cup diced onions

1 cup sour cream (1/2 cup sour cream will also work.  See Mark's Notes)

4 cans cut green beans (or French style green beans) drained

2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese

Topping:

1 to 1 1/2 cups buttery round crackers - crumbled

4 tablespoon butter

Instructions:

1.  Melt 2 tablespoons butter in large skillet.

2.  Stir in flour.

3.  Stir in the salt, sugar, onions, and sour cream.

4.  Add green beans.

5.  Stir green beans until coated.
6.  Pour green bean mixture into casserole dish.
7.  Sprinkle 2 cups cheddar cheese over green bean mixture.

8.  In a small bowl, mix the crumbled crackers and butter together.

9.  Sprinkle topping over the casserole.

10.  Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees - cheese should be bubbly.

11.  Enjoy

Mark's Notes:
This is a very simple recipe.  In hindsight, the 1 cup sour cream was a bit overwhelming.  If this got cut in half to 1/2 cup sour cream, that should work out a little better.

Mark's Story

We were hosting Christmas this year.  I was looking for some sides to make.  At Thanksgiving, I made a traditional green bean casserole with mushrooms and topped with onions.  My kids don't like mushrooms or onions very much.  They do like green beans.  So, I started looking for a green bean casserole without mushrooms or onions.  I came across this one.  It's really easy to make and quite delicious.  Enjoy.  Merry Christmas.  Jesus was born to bring us peace and forgiveness.  

Creamy Corn Casserole

Creamy Corn Casserole

Ingredients:

1 15 ounce can whole kernel corn, drained

1 15 ounce can cream style corn

1 8 ounce package corn muffin mix

1 cup sour cream

1/2 stick butter, melted

1 to 1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar

Instructions:

1.  In large bowl, stir together the 2 cans of corn, corn muffin mix, sour cream, and melted butter.

2.  Pour into a 9x13 inch casserole dish.

3.  Bake for 45 minutes or until golden brown.

4.  Remove from oven and top with Cheddar cheese. 

5.  Return to oven for 5-10 minutes - until cheese melts

6.  Let stand for five minutes and serve warm.

Mark's Notes:

This recipe is from Paula Deen from the Food Network.

Other recipes similar to this suggest that the ingredients could be easily doubled without much more cooking time.  I will need to try that later.

Mark's Story:

Well, there are two parts to this story.  Most recently, we were hosting Christmas 2017.  I was looking for sides to make.  Trish suggested a creamed corn casserole.  So, I started looking for recipes.  The second part to this story is that when I was a kid, my grandmother made a creamed corn casserole that I really really liked.  Unfortunately, I'm not sure what her original recipe was.  However, this creamed corn casserole is very easy to make, doesn't take a lot of time, and is really good.  Enjoy.

I made it.  Everyone ate it.  And I didn't get a picture of it.  I'll just have to make it again.  Merry Christmas.  Jesus was born to bring peace and forgiveness to all that believe in him.