Individual hamburger casseroles
6 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | pounds | Ground beef or ground pork |
| ½ | cup | Chopped onion |
| 1½ | cup | Soft bread crumbs; 2 slices |
| ¾ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ½ | teaspoon | Dried thyme; crushed |
| ⅛ | teaspoon | Pepper |
| 3 | tablespoons | Margarine or butter |
| ¼ | cup | All-purpose flour |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 2 | cups | Reconstituted nonfat milk or milk |
| ½ | cup | Shredded American cheese or process cheese |
| 2 | cups | Cooked vegetables *broccoli*cauliflower* |
| 2 | tablespoons | Margarine or butter; melted |
Directions
In skillet cook ground beef or pork and onion till meat is browned; drain off fat. Stir in ½ cup of the soft bread crumbs, the ¾ teaspoon salt, the thyme, and pepper.
In saucepan melt the 3 tablespoons margarine or butter; blend in flour and the ½ teaspoon salt. Add milk all at once. Cook and stir till thickened and bubbly. Add cheese, stirring till melted. Stir in meat mixture and cooked vegetables.
Turn meat-vegetable mixture into six 1 cup individual casseroles. (If desired, cover andd refrigerate casseroles up to 24 hours.) Combine remaining bread crumbs with the 2 tablespoons melted margarine or butter.
Sprinkle atop casseroles just before baking. Bake in 350 oven about 20 minutes or till heated through. (Bake about 35 minutes if chilled.) Makes 6 servings.
Recipe by: Better Homes & Gardens Low Cost Cooking Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #995 by L979<L979@...> on Jan 8, 1998