Casseroles

  • Casseroles,  Crock Pot

    Crock Pot Lasagna

    There is just nothing nicer than coming home after church to lunch/dinner (linner?) waiting for you in the crock pot. I seriously think we do not give the crock pot the applause it deserves. If you ask me, the crock pot deserves its own national day of remembrance. And probably a line of Hallmark cards. Something. Here’s what we came home to this afternoon: Crock Pot Lasagna (Note: If you have a stash of homemade spaghetti sauce, use that … otherwise, use jarred spaghetti sauce and just don’t say a word.) 1 lb sausage or hamburger 4 cloves garlic 2 tsp Italian seasoning 30-32 oz spaghetti sauce 1/2 cup water…

  • Beef,  Casseroles

    Cottage Pie

    It makes me so happy when leftovers become the star of a new dish. That’s what you’re looking at right here: the second life of a big pile of potatoes. For some reason, we did not eat the ten pounds I had anticipated when I made salmon and garlic mashed potatoes the other night. So when I was batch cooking all that hamburger Wednesday, and I opened the fridge and saw that mound of potatoes staring accusingly at me, the two came together in a serendipitously chocolate-meets-peanut butter way. You’re probably thinking this looks/sounds a lot like Shepherd’s Pie. But you would be wrong about that. And that’s appropriate, because…