Twice Baked Potato Casserole

Ingredients:

• 4 potatoes, baked and mashed
• 1/2 cup cream cheese
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/4 medium onion, chopped
• 1/2 cup skim milk
• bacon crumbles
• 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• salt & pepper as desired

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Prepare baking dish with non-stick spray.
3. In a mixing bowl combine: mashed potatoes, cream cheese, sour cream, onion, and skim milk.
4. Top with shredded cheese and bacon crumbles.
5. Cover dish with foil and bake for 35-40 minutes.

Hint: Whenever we make boiled or mashed potatoes for a meal, I try to make extra so we will have leftovers. In the back of my mind I always plan on making potato pancakes with the leftovers...but I usually find another way to use them up before we ever get around to making the potato pancakes. This casserole is a great example! I used leftover boiled potatoes to make this dish for my husband and me for lunch. His favorite part? No potato skins :) Enjoy!!

Another Potato Soup Recipe for the Crock-Pot

At some point during the night last night, someone turned the heat off.

That wasn't very nice.

Then the weather man has to go and tell me that it's gonna be a cooler day.

All day.

There's really only one way to deal with that...a nice warm bowl of Potato Soup.

The only thing better than that bowl of Potato Soup is not having to rush around cooking it at the end of the day. It's in the crock NOW so when those hungry boys come home from school, we can shower them with parental attention.

Win! Win!!



The rule of thumb in our house is 1 potato per person. Not small potatoes, not super enormous potatoes, just regular size potatoes. If it is bigger than my fist it is too big.

Into the crock:

5 potatoes, cleaned - peeled - and diced
1 large white onion diced



2 large stalks of celery, chopped
3-4 TBS chicken bouillon
1 10 3/4 oz can cheddar cheese soup
6 soup cans hot water
1 packet dry onion soup mix
1 tsp ground black pepper
1 tsp minced garlic (we tend to lean on the theory more garlic = better)



YUMMMMM!

Mix well and cook on low 6-8 hours...or until the kids come home.




Then add the protein of choice about 1 hour before serving.

Today we will be adding:

1 cup shredded colby-jack cheese
1 1/2 cups diced turkey ham

Toppings? Sure!!

Green onions & bacon crumbles.

Maybe more cheese.

If you dare!

Fortunately we still have some sourdough bread to add to this feast.

Is it dinner time yet??

Dinner, errrrrrr - Brenner

Dinner, errrrr - Brenner in a Hurry:

*sausage patties

*hashbrowns with red and green peppers and onions

*tangelo wedges

*cinnamon waffles........skip the syrup, it's not needed here

This is what we ate at our house - what's for dinner at yours??