Wild Rice Casserole
(This is a family recipe, and not exactly precise. It's really "to taste". Play with it and see what you prefer
Ingredients:
2 boxes Ben's Original instant wild rice
1 pound Velveeta (cut into small cubes)
3 sticks butter
1 pint, Half & Half
2 chopped green bell peppers
1 large yellow onion
2 small cans of button mushrooms
Directions:
Chop pepper, onion, sautee in a pan with 4 tbls butter. Add mushrooms to mixture. Prepare the rice according to instructions on the box. Divide cooked rice in half. In a casserole dish(spray dish with cooking spray) , spread half of rice into bottom of dish. Top first layer with cubes of velveeta and thin sliced remaining butter, in a alternating checkerboard pattern. drizzle 1/2&1/2 over first layer and repeat on second layer. Cover with foil and bake at 375 degrees for 40 minutes, remove foil and bake an additional 15 minutes until bubbly and brown! Enjoy and get the name of a good cardiac Dr.
Creamed corn with Green Chile and Bacon
Ingredients:
2-10 ounce package of frozen corn (let thaw at room temp for 1 hour)
4 slices bacon
chopped green chile, drained (I swear by Bueno Foods frozen Autumn Roast)
2 tbls butter
1 cup whole milk
1 cup heavy cream or 1/2&1/2
2 tbls sugar
2 tbls flour
1/4 cup fresh grated Parmesan cheese.
salt & pepper (to taste)
Directions: Cook bacon in pan or electric skillet, wipe out MOST of the grease, but leave a little for taste. Chop up cooked bacon and set aside. In that same skillet, over medium heat, combine corn, cream, salt, sugar, pepper & butter. Whisk together milk and flour and add to corn mixture. Stir until thickened. Stir in parmesan, chopped bacon and chile. Enjoy and call that cardiac dr again.