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

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