Cabbage Rolls

Ingredients

• 12 cabbage leaves shopping list
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1/2 cup instant rice, uncooked
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 1 can (4 ounces) mushroom stems and pieces (DO NOT drain)
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder 
• dash of salt
• dash of pepper 
• 1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce 
• 1 tsp granulated sugar 
• 1/2 tsp lemon juice 
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch 
• 1 tablespoon water (approximately)

Directions:

Cover cabbage leaves with boiling water and let stand about 10 minutes or until leaves are limp. Remove leaves and drain off excess water.

Mix ground beef, rice, onions, mushrooms with liquid, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and 1/2 cup of the tomato sauce.

Place about 1/3 cup of hamburger mixture at the stem of each cabbage leaf. Roll leaf around mixture, tucking in sides.

Place cabbage rolls seam sides down in an ungreased square baking dish.

Mix remaining tomato sauce, lemon juice, and sugar; pour over cabbage rolls. Cover and cook in oven at 350 degrees for approx 45 minutes or until ground beef is done.

Mix cornstarch and 1 tablespoon of water in saucepan. Drain liquid from cabbage roll pan and add to cornstarch mixture. Boil approx 1 minute, stirring constantly. Serve this sauce with cabbage rolls.

Garnish with parsley or shredded cheese if desired

Tater nugget hot dish

Ingredients:

1 lb lean ground beef
3/4 cup chopped onions
1/2 cup chopped celery (we don't like celery so we didn't add this!)
1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 can condensed cream of chicken soup
1 cup frozen vegetable of choice (recipe calls for green beans but i used peas and it would be good with anything so i changed it!)
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1 bag (16 oz) frozen tater tots

Directions:

1.  Heat oven to 350 degrees.  In nonstick skillet, cook beef, onions and celery over meadium heat, stirring frequently, until beef is thoroughly cooked; drain.

2.  Stir in both soups, the vegetables, garlic powder (you can omit if you season your beef as normal); spoon into ungreased 2 quart casserole.  Top with tater tots.

3.  Bake uncovered 40-50 minutes or until mixture is bubbly and tater tots are golden brown!

layered beef and potato bake

Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef
2 cups frozen vegetables
1 bag (28 oz) potatos obrien
2 cups swiss cheese
1 can (12oz) beef gravy

directions:
pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
brown beef, once cooked stir in vegetables and gravy - cook for about 3-4 minutes
in greased 11x7 baking dish layer in 1/2 of the potato's pour beef mixture ontop sprinkle with 1 cup of the swiss cheese, layer with last 1/2 of potato's.  bake covered for 55-60 minutes, once completed remove from oven and sprinkle with last 1 cup of cheese cook uncovered for another 5 minutes.

Cheeseburger Pie

Bisquick is begining to be one of my favorite recipe ingredients!

Ingredients:

1 lb burger

1/2 cup bisquik

1 cup milk

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

2 eggs

onions to taste

directions:

preheat oven to 400 degrees, spray cooking oil on pie pan (i used a glass one).  Brown burger and season to taste (i used season salt and garlic salt). Layer meat in bottom of the pie pan. Mix remaining ingredients in a bowl with a wisk or fork.  Pour over burger, let settle.  Bake for 25-30 minutes.