Basic Mix and Match Casserole
Serves 2
What is a casserole, but an opportunity to use up all your bits and bobs. The quantities are for two, but can easily be doubled or tripled, depending on what you have to hand.
For the protein:
(You may choose one or a combination of several to gie
you the amount of 1 cup)
chopped hard boiled egg
cooked dry peas, beans or lentils
cooked shelled prawns or shrimp
flaked cooked fish
cooke beef or pork, shredded or cubed
cooked ground beef or turkey
diced cooked ham
diced cooked chicken or turkey
For the vegetable:
(You may choose 1 or more to equal 1 cup of cooked vegetables)
green beans, trimmed and cut into 1 inch pieces
peas
courgettes, sliced or chopped
broccoli florets
sauteed, chopped, or sliced onions and or sliced mushrooms
For the Starch:
(You may choose 1 or more to equal 1 1/2 cups cooked)
pasta shapes such as penne or macaroni (I like whole wheat), cooked and drained
wide or narrow strands of noodles or spaghetti, broken
and cooked, then drained
cooked potato, swede or sweet potato, diced
long or short grain brown or white rice, or a wild rice blend, cooked
For the Sauce:
(Select one to measure approximately 1 cup)
basic white sauce
basic cheese sauce
condensed soup (cream of mushroom, celery or chicken)
sour cream or mayonnaise
tinned creamed corn
whole or diced tomatoes in juice, undrained
For the flavour ingredients:
(Select one or more to equal about 1/4 cup)
chopped onion
chopped celery
sliced black olives
For the herbs:
(Select 1/2 tsp dried or up to 1 1/2 TBS fresh)
mixed dried or chopped fresh herbs such as basil, thyme, majoram, rosemary, parsley, summer savoury
For the topping:
(Select1 or more to equal 1/3 cup)
grated cheese (Cheddar, Swiss, Jack, Parmesan)
buttered bread crumbs
cracker crumbs
Preheat the oven to 180*C/350*F/ gas mark 4. Lightly butter a casserole large enough to hold your ingredients. Mine holds about 4 cups.
Select and prepare the ingredients of your choice. Place the protein, starch, and veg in a large bowl and mix together. Mix together the sauce, flavour ingredients and herbs which you are using in another measure. Fold this into the protein mixture and then spread the mixture into the prepared casserole. Sprinkle with the topping.
Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, covered. Uncover and bake for a further 15 minutes, or until bubbling and heated through.
This is very easy to multiply up.
Note: Today I used diced ham, green beans, mushrooms, swede, potato, onions, celery, creamed corn, thyme and parsley. I topped with cheddar and cracker crumbs. It was delicious!
I hope you are getting really excited now at that refrigerator full of leftovers and that the wheels are turning. What will you make? I would love to hear the combinations you come up with! Shoot me a comment below and share with us what you have done. Bon Appetit!
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