#3610 - No Soup Green Bean Casserole

(by Shirley McNevich)

3 TBSP butter
1 TBSP flour
1/2 tsp. salt
a dash of pepper (more if you wish)
1 tsp. white sugar
1/4 cup chopped onions (more if you wish)
1 cup Breakstone's sour cream
3 - 15oz. can French style cut green beans (drained)
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese OR shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1/2 cup crumbled Ritz crackers

In a skillet over medium heat add 2 TBSP butter--melt. Add chopped onions--cook/stir until tender. Add flour--cook/stir for 1 minute. Remove from heat--add white sugar, salt, pepper and sour cream--stir well. Add drained green beans and 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese--stir to coat. Pour the whole mixture into a greased 3 qt. casserole dish. Sprinkle the other 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese over the top. In a small bowl add 1 TBSP butter--melt the butter in the microwave. Add crumbled crackers to the melted butter--stir to mix. Sprinkle the crumb mixture all over the top. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until golden brown and bubbling.

#1316 - Green Bean Parmesan Casserole

(by Shirley McNevich)

18oz. frozen French style green beans
milk
1/4 cup chopped onion
2 TBSP butter
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese + extra for sprinkling
2-3 slices buttered bread (broken into bite sized pieces)
flour (if necessary)

Cook green beans according to package directions--reserve the liquid. Pour liquid from green beans into a measuring cup--measure 1 cup of juice and discard the rest. Add milk to the juice in the measuring cup so you have a total of 1 1/4 cups (1 cup juice and 1/4 cup milk). In a saucepan add chopped onion and 2 TBSP butter--stir and cook over medium heat until onions are tender. Add milk/juice mixture, salt and pepper to onions in saucepan--stir and cook over medium heat until thick and hot--if too runny, add a little flour and restir. Add Parmesan cheese to the onion sauce--stir. Add drained green beans to the onion sauce--cook and stir until hot. Grease a 1 quart casserole dish. Pour the green bean mixture into the casserole dish. Sprinkle extra Parmesan cheese on top of green beans if you wish. Break buttered bread into bite sized pieces and place them all over the top. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until hot.