Individual Hamburger Casseroles

Recipe Ingredients

1 lb	454g / 16oz	Ground beef or ground pork
1/2 cup	31g / 1.1oz	Chopped onion
1 1/2 cups	219g / 7.7oz	Soft bread crumbs - 2 slices
3/4 teaspoon	3.8ml	Salt
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Dried thyme - crushed
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Pepper
3 tablespoons	45ml	Margarine or butter
1/4 cup	15g / 0.5oz	All-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
2 cups	474ml	Reconstituted nonfat milk or milk
1/2 cup	73g / 2.6oz	Shredded American cheese or process cheese
2 cups	292g / 10oz	Cooked vegetables *broccoli*cauliflower*
2 tablespoons	30ml	Margarine or butter - melted

Recipe Instructions

In skillet cook ground beef or pork and onion until meat is browned; drain off fat. Stir in 1/2 cup of the soft bread crumbs, the 3/4 teaspoon salt, the thyme, and pepper.

In saucepan melt the 3 tablespoons margarine or butter; blend in flour and the 1/2 teaspoon salt. Add milk all at once. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Add cheese, stirring until melted. Stir in meat mixture and cooked vegetables.

Turn meat-vegetable mixture into six 1 cup individual casseroles. (If desired, cover and refrigerate casseroles up to 24 hours.) Combine remaining bread crumbs with the 2 tablespoons melted margarine or butter. Sprinkle atop casseroles just before baking.

Bake in 350F oven about 20 minutes or until heated through. (Bake about 35 minutes if chilled.)

Source:
Better Homes and Gardens Low Cost Cooking

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