Okay, so I promised to talk casseroles again today...

Week 2's casserole was a vegetable and shrimp combination...(Don't ask me what I was thinking. I told you yesterday that I opened up the freezer and there was all types of stuff staring me in the face!) It also included wild rice, sharp cheese, cream of mushroom and cream of celery. I tell you one thing, the way that everything is in its cooked form before you put in it the casserole dish makes me just want to eat it out of the BOWL! WHY WAIT???? ...because it needs to form and the cheese needs to melt crazy woman (sigh and pout). Yes, that is my FAT SOUL trying to control my mind again. Anyway, I used the same Paula Dean dish that I told you about on yesterday that is 9x9 and 3" - 4" inches in depth.

Well I ate on that dang casserole ALL WEEK...YES...it was good! (smile) I took some to work and one of my co-workers walked by and said, "oh, you brought broccoli casserole for lunch" and I said "yes, I made it this weekend." To say the least, she walked back by after about 8 minutes only to find that I had scarfed down the large side of the 3-compartment Rubbermaid container where it once lived. (...can you say MAN DOWN???!!!!!). LMBO! She was like..."well you HAD some broccoli casserole." I tell you one thing, I wasn't embarrassed but I was definitely trying to remember everything that I put in it (since I shoot from the hip on most things), so that I can DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN!!! YYYEESSS BABY!

Anyway, my fat soul told me to make yet another casserole this past Sunday. This one included ground Italian sausage, a little ground chuck, a bag of season blend sauteed, long grain rice, a little ranch dressing (don't frown!) and black beans. I forgot to mention that I have a tendency to layer cheese throughout the casserole while putting it in my dish. I really hate seeing grease or fat (yeah the white slimy stuff) in my food, which is another reason why I really don't buy meat often. So I drained EVERYTHING really well and did my usual of placing it in my dish. I have to be honest and tell you that the taste was way better than I had anticipated to not follow any recipe, but what I was disappointed about that it did not have the texture that I like my food to have. I ended up buying some wheat tortillas when I was shopping for the ingredients (because you never know how these experiments are going to turn out) just in case I had one of my BLOOPER moments where I throw everything away...INCLUDING THE DISH...because I'm mad! After I realized that texture just really didn't satisfy me and I wasn't going to be able to eat it alone, I brought out the tortillas and filled it with my casserole...PERFECT!!! I took some to work with me on this past Monday and I was and a thought crossed my mind while I was eating it...idiot, you should have just make a damn TACO SALAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (mumbling under my breath...you did all that to make a casserole burrito...you're a true genius!)  lol!

Until tomorrow...
DO IT YOUR WAY!!!!!