This might be beef stroganoff.

I don't know what beef stroganoff actually is, and maybe this isn't it, but it's what I call it. We also say strokemeoff and laugh like 12 year olds. I got a recipe from Big Hungry Shelby over 10 years ago and modified it as the years flew by and here we are with a quasi beef stroganoff casserole thingy.

Despite that intro and the photo (casseroles photograph like dog meat) it's good. I promise.

Ingredients
2 lbs ground beef - for this I had leftover shredded french dip so I used a pound of that instead + a pound of ground beef
2 tbs worcestershire sauce
2 cans cream of mushroom soup - please make your own if you can, it's good, I promise
1 medium minced onion
One bag of egg noodles, cooked
16 oz sour cream
parsley
buttered cracker crumbs

Directions
Saute onion in a smidge of butter. Remove and immediately brown ground beef. Drain, add Worcestershire sauce. Mix meat, onions, cream of mushroom soup, sour cream, and cooked egg noodles. Grease a 9x13 dish and dump it in. Top with buttered cracker crumbs if you dare.

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Serve it with a side of veg and get some health in you.

Haikuesday

Casseroles look gross,  

taste good. It's a conundrum.

Like eighties fashion.

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Jusy's chicken

When I first started really cooking - late, not until I was 25 or 26 - I wanted things that would be hard to fuck up. My older friends were happy to oblige, handing over easy recipes for me to follow. I also liked the thought of comfort food. It's what felt most domestic to me. This is both a hand me down easy recipe from my friend Judy (Jusy) and comfort food. I cannot tell you the last time I made something with a cream of anything can of soup in it...these days I will typically "do the right thing" and make a replacement for it that's healthier as cream of whatever soup isn't really en vogue anymore. But Lord, was this as good as I remember. I serve it over wide egg noodles with a side of green veg (usually steamed broccoli or green beans).

Ingredients
family pack chicken breasts
kosher salt
pepper
American cheese slices (American is preferred, here I used colby jack)
1 can of cream of chicken soup or equivalent
Sliced tomatoes in season, or a can of diced tomatoes drained well
Stove top stuffing mix
2 tbs butter

Directions
Preheat oven to 375.

Season both sides of chicken with salt and pepper and place in a greased 13x9 dish.

Cover each piece with a slice of cheese. Pour cream of chicken soup over dish and spread it around evenly. Place sliced tomato or diced tomatoes over entire dish. Put stuffing in the microwave with butter until butter is melted. Stir together. Sprinkle over entire dish. It looks less than appetizing in its making, but it's good.

Bake for 45 minutes at 375.

One pan sausage and veggie dinner

By Sunday of this past weekend, I just wanted some easy dinner food that would not be yet another poor dietary choice for the weekend. Something hearty without being filled to the brim with cheese and fat. I went back though some stuff I used to make and happened upon this one pan dish (I cannot locate the original recipe source right now, but it's out there). Winner winner sausage and veggie easy cleanup dinner. The banana peppers give this basic bitch dish an unexpected thrill. It's the perfect thing when you want a healthy-ish dinner that's not a big production in prep, cooking, or cleanup.

Ingredients
1 ring turkey kielbasa
1 ring beef kielbasa
1 red onion, sliced in half then in rings
2 bell peppers, sliced in strips
1 big ass jar of banana pepper rings
about 10 baby red potatoes, quartered
3 tbs olive oil
kosher salt
pepper

Directions
Preheat oven to 450.

Put veggies in a bowl, top with olive oil, salt, and pepper, and mix well with your clean hands. Slice kielbasa on the bias and add, mixing in.

Get a very big sheet tray with lips or two regular sized baking sheets, spray with non-stick spray, and spread veggies and sausage out evenly.

Cooking time sort of depends on how much you have on the trays and how crisp you like your veggies - I like them a little burnt. I'd start checking it at 35 minutes. I had a lot on mine, so I cooked it for 40 minutes then bumped it up to 500 to finish it off for another 10 minutes.