Southern Plate’s Handy Dandy Casserole Chart
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I created this chart for you all to use as inspiration. It is meant as a handy helper, giving you ideas and a formula to create your own casseroles. My Country Casserole and Cheesy Chicken and Broccoli Casserole both follow this charts guidelines.
Simply choose an ingredient from each column in the amounts specified, prepare according to directions and POOF! Dinner!
There are many ways to personalize this. Note that the toppings column is optional and any of these would be great as a meatless dish as well. I often double the vegetables and leave out the meat for a great side dish at family reunions and potlucks.
This is just a starting point to help get you going with your own casserole creations. Add your own favorite ingredients to the list and get creative! The possibilities are endless!
Casseroles are a quick, easy, and economical way to feed your family. I very rarely make just one casserole. Oftentimes it costs only slightly more to make two meals out of one effort. Casseroles are easily stored in the freezer when spooned into gallon sized ziploc bags. Simply flatten the bag to take up less room and freeze! Thaw casserole in bag overnight in the fridge before pouring into your casserole dish and baking up a fresh, hot dinner!
Please keep your own family’s personal taste in mind when creating your casseroles and HAVE FUN! Let me know what you come up with!
It’s like “Wheel of Casseroles”…
A literal “Casserole Cornucopia”…
I love it, already have some ideas.
That is a great idea! I have several “formulas” similar to your chart, for everything from yeast bread to pilaf to quiche! I love recipe formulas like this, because you can just invent a dish using what you have available, and you know it will turn out great.
Man, this is just another star in my google reader. I just went through my marked items and I think you hold the distinction of having the most. Thanks for being my go-to site.
Well ain’t that just the cats pajamas!! What a handy little chart to keep in the kitchen for inspiration. I’ll be printing and adding it to my recipe binder that I’ll be putting together soon.
I wonder though if I’ll ever get through all the recipes I bookmark and print out to try. I’m SO glad to have found that cooking blogs exist.
WOW!!!! I just went and read, WOW! Thank you so much!!! I am going to post the comment I left on your blog here!
~SQUEALS LOUDLY~
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!
Oh goodness, I don’t know what to say!! THANK YOU!!! This is so very sweet of you and I appreciate every single letter of every single kind and generous word!
I am also laughing – who would have thought I would be admired for using the cheapest ingredients I can find? LOL! I’ve always used Wal Mart brand ingredients and generics on just about everything. I’ve found very few to be that different from the name brand in quality and taste. My family has always teased me about this but hey, if its $2.50 for the name brand and 1.75 for the generic, guess which one hops into my buggy?
With groceries getting so much higher lately, my mother has finally started using generics. I was talking about how much more groceries are costing to her on the phone today and she says she is spending pretty much the same now that she has switched to generics. Then she added “But I guess that doesn’t help you any, you can’t go down any more than you already do!”. LOL
There are very few name brand things I use: Manwich Sloppy Joe Sauce (Wal Mart’s brand tastes just awful for some reason), White Lily flour, and Nilla brand vanilla wafers.
Wow, was that too much information or what? Hey, once I get to talking….
Okay so my point in all of this was,
“WOW!!! THANK YOU!!!!”
What’s the recipe for the crunchy beef casserole
Hi Crystal, If you put crunchy beef in the search box on the Southernplate.com homepage you will see it pop up for you. Then scroll thru the post or Jump to the recipe by clicking the button at the top of the page.
Hope you enjoy the casserole!
The casserole chart is awesome. I absolutely adore your blog. I wrote a post about you on my blog. Here it is: http://iamnachomama.blogspot.com/2008/09/excellent-food-blog-southern-plate.html
Keep up the great work!
Y’all be sure and click on that blurry, fuzzy, awful looking pic to see the nice neat chart! 😀