Entree – Vegetarian

Macaroni Monterey

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Another intensely easy, filling (and cheap) dish. You can serve it as a side or as a main dish.

Ingredients:

  • 8 oz Macaroni
  • ½ lb Monterey Jack Cheese, cubed
  • 1 c Sour Cream
  • ¼ c Butter
  • ¾ tsp Salt
  • ¼ tsp Pepper

Directions:

  1. Cook and drain macaroni.
  2. Put macaroni and other ingredients into a greased 2 qt casserole. Mix well.
  3. Cover and bake at 350° for 30 minutes, or until hot and bubbly.

You can also microwave the dish for however long it takes to get to that state.

The dish can easily be multiplied or expanded into other size dishes.

Other types of pasta can be used, of course. Ideally you want something that can hold the melted cheese and sour cream inside of it. Margie’s radical addition is substituting garlic salt for plain salt.

Prep time: 45 min.
Serves: 6
Source: Gloria Hill

Chili Cheese Rice Bake ala Dave

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This is a really easy, really filling, and really cheap meal.

Ingredients:
4 oz Green Chile, canned diced
3 c Rice, cooked
2 c Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
½ c Cheddar Cheese, shredded
1 c Sour Cream
½ tsp Salt

Instructions:

  1. Mix chiles, sour cream, salt in a bowl.
  2. In a 1.5 quart casserole, repeat these layers twice:
    • 1 c rice
    • 2/3 c Jack
    • 1/3 of sour cream mix
  3. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes (or 3 minutes at 100% in a microwave)
  4. Sprinkle cheddar all over top.
  5. Bake another 15 minutes (2 minutes at 100%) until cheese is melted and casserole is heated through.

It’s also quite possible just to mix everything up and bake it.

Serves: 6

Source: Dave got it from somewhere