1lbprotein: cooked or canned meat, or 1-2 15 oz cans cooked beans, rinsed
1lbstarch: cooked pasta or any of the following: 2 cups cooked rice or whole grains, one bag frozen hash browns/tater tots, 4-5 medium potatoes sliced or mashed, one large head of cauliflower chopped or cooked and mashed
10ozbag frozen vegetables, 1-2 15 oz cans • vegetables, one head broccoli chopped, 2-4 cups leftover cooked vegetables, 1 large onion and 4 cloves garlic chopped and sautéed
3cupssauce: • use one can of cream soup, or make your own white sauce, or use marinara, alfredo, gravy, enchilada sauce, pesto and/or stock
1cupcheese, shredded (optional): 1/2 cup goes into the mixture, the rest on top
At 20 minute mark: remove cover if you’ve used it for pasta, add cheese, other toppings. Return to oven for final 10 minutes.
2
Prepare and assemble your ingredients. Mix them together with ½ cup of the cheese, and pile into your casserole dish. Bake, covered if you are using pasta, otherwise – bake uncovered, for 30 minutes total, but check at 20 minutes!
(This should work even with raw potatoes or carrots, just check at 30 minutes and add additional time if they aren’t easily pierced with a fork.)
Ingredients
1lbprotein: cooked or canned meat, or 1-2 15 oz cans cooked beans, rinsed
1lbstarch: cooked pasta or any of the following: 2 cups cooked rice or whole grains, one bag frozen hash browns/tater tots, 4-5 medium potatoes sliced or mashed, one large head of cauliflower chopped or cooked and mashed
10ozbag frozen vegetables, 1-2 15 oz cans • vegetables, one head broccoli chopped, 2-4 cups leftover cooked vegetables, 1 large onion and 4 cloves garlic chopped and sautéed
3cupssauce: • use one can of cream soup, or make your own white sauce, or use marinara, alfredo, gravy, enchilada sauce, pesto and/or stock
1cupcheese, shredded (optional): 1/2 cup goes into the mixture, the rest on top
At 20 minute mark: remove cover if you’ve used it for pasta, add cheese, other toppings. Return to oven for final 10 minutes.
2
Prepare and assemble your ingredients. Mix them together with ½ cup of the cheese, and pile into your casserole dish. Bake, covered if you are using pasta, otherwise – bake uncovered, for 30 minutes total, but check at 20 minutes!
(This should work even with raw potatoes or carrots, just check at 30 minutes and add additional time if they aren’t easily pierced with a fork.)
