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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Hashbrown Casserole

Adapted slightly from verybestbaking.com
This is an easy dish to throw together, and very tasty too.  It works for any meal of the day and doesn't require a lot of prep work.  If you aren't a fan of spinach, I've made it before with thawed frozen chopped broccoli in its place.  Either way, it is good!

Of course, I recently posted a recipe talking about how I try to stay away from using condensed soups in my cooking, but yet this recipe calls for doing just that.  Oh well, I guess I should have posted this one first!

Ingredients

1 bag (16 oz.) or 4 ½ cups frozen, shredded hash brown 
         potatoes
2 cups (about 8 oz.) cooked ham, cut into ½ inch pieces
1 can (12 fl. oz.) evaporated milk (I used fat-free)
1 can (10 oz.) condensed reduced-sodium cream of 
         mushroom soup (I used cream of chicken)
1 tablespoon Dijon or yellow mustard
½ to 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 pkg. (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, squeezed 
         of moisture
1 cup (4 oz.) shredded Swiss cheese (I used Colby-Jack)

Directions

Preheat oven to 400º F.  Grease 2 ½- to 3-quart casserole dish (I used cooking spray).

Combine potatoes, ham, evaporated milk, soup, mustard and pepper in large bowl.  Pour half of potato mixture into prepared baking dish.  Sprinkle with spinach and top with remaining potato mixture. Sprinkle with cheese.

Bake 40-45 minutes or until heated through and lightly browned.  Cool 10 minutes before serving.

Yields: 8-10 servings

*This dish can be made with chopped turkey or chicken instead of ham.

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