Heaman Casserole - Second Edition

If you have purchased my cookbook, you will know the story of the Heaman’s Casserole dating back to 1975!  My husband loves this recipe and we make it just for him during the year to fulfill his craving.  Recently he had his own idea in order to revise and excite an old recipe.  I said go for it, use your imagination, you know what I love to say,  “Just Have Fun, Let’s Have Some Fun”!  In honor of my husband and the love he has for this simple comfort food, enjoy!  

If you have my cookbook compare the different ingredients!  Just a few items changed, makes this a total different recipe.

½ pound of lean hamburger meat

½ pound of Jimmy Dean Breakfast Sausage – he chose the hot Jimmy Dean Breakfast Sausage
1 onion chopped

Brown the hamburger meat, breakfast sausage, and chopped onion.  Drain the fat from the meat well pressing with white paper towels until much of the fat has been drained off.

Boil in a large pot of boiling water salted 12 ounces of egg noodles.  Boil 5 minutes until al dente.

1 can of cream style corn, I use Green Giant

1 can tomato soup, I use Campbell’s Soup
2 teaspoons of granulated garlic
1 teaspoon Lawry’s seasoned Salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 can well drained  black pitted olives chopped – definitely optional, I realize there are a lot of you out there which do not prefer olives, in fact you just hate them.  That is okay, this recipe will be great even without  the olives

1 pound of Velveeta Cheese

Mix the cooked meat with onion, cream style corn, tomato soup, egg noodles and seasonings. 

Spray a 9 X 13” pan with non stick coating.  Spread ½ of the mixture, add ½ pound of the Velveeta and ½ can of the chopped black olives.  Spread the other half of the meat and egg noodle on top of the first layer.  Top with the remaining Velveeta and black olives.

 

Bake in a 350 degree oven for 30 to 45 minutes until all warm and bubbly.  Let cool 10 to 15 minutes before serving.  A salad with all the fixings, warm garlic buttered French bread and of course a bottle of your favorite red wine are all great accompaniments with this casserole.  The main thing, I know you know, just have fun!!!!