Fix-It and Forget-It Christmas Cookbook (102 page)

Easy Flavor-Filled Green Beans

Paula Showalter

Weyers Cave, VA

Makes 10 servings

Prep. Time: 5-10 minutes

Cooking Time: 2-4 hours

Ideal slow cooker size: 3- to 3½-qt.

2 qts.,
or
4 14½-oz. cans, green beans, drained

⅓ cup chopped onions

4-oz. can mushrooms, drained

2 Tbsp. brown sugar

3 Tbsp. butter

pepper to taste

1. Combine beans, onions, and mushrooms in slow cooker.

2. Sprinkle with brown sugar.

3. Dot with butter.

4. Sprinkle with pepper.

5. Cover. Cook on Low 2-4 hours, or until onions are tender.

6. Stir just before serving.

Creamy Green Bean Casserole

Jena Hammond

Traverse City, MI

Makes 10 servings

Prep. Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 3 hours

Ideal slow cooker size: 5- to 6-qt.

3 qts.,
or
6 14½-oz. cans, green beans

2 10¾-oz. cans mushroom soup

1 tsp. black pepper

1 tsp. Lawry’s seasoned salt

Topping:

3-oz. can French-fried onions

1 cup Colby cheese, shredded

1. Drain half of liquid off green beans. (Find another use for it or discard.)

2. Mix beans, soup, pepper, and seasoned salt together in the slow cooker.

3. Cover. Cook on Low 3 hours.

4. Twenty minutes before serving, top beans with French-fried onions and shredded cheese.

Variations:

1. Instead of canned green beans, use 2 lbs. frozen French-cut green beans, thawed. Extend cooking time to 4-5 hours if you like soft green beans.

Rhonda Freed

Croghan, NY

2. Replace one can of mushroom soup with 16 oz. sour cream. Drop Topping above and replace with 2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded, and ½ cup crisp bacon pieces.

Jennifer A. Crouse

Mt. Crawford, VA

Green Bean Casserole

Jane Meiser

Harrisonburg, VA

Makes 4 servings

Prep. Time: 10-15 minutes

Cooking Time: 3-4 hours

Ideal slow cooker size: 3-qt.

14½-oz. can green beans, drained,
divided

3½-oz. can French-fried onions,
divided

1 cup grated cheddar cheese,
divided

8-oz. can water chestnuts, drained,
divided

10¾-oz. can cream of chicken soup

¼ cup white wine,
or
water

½ tsp. curry powder

¼ tsp. pepper

1. Alternate layers of half the beans, half the onions, half the cheese, and half the water chestnuts in slow cooker. Repeat.

2. Combine remaining ingredients in a bowl. Pour over vegetables in slow cooker.

3. Cover. Cook on Low 3-4 hours.

Au Gratin Green Beans

Donna Lantgen

Rapid City, SD

Makes 6 servings

Prep. Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 3-4 hours

Ideal slow cooker size: 2-qt.

2 14½-oz. cans green beans, drained

¼ cup diced onions

½ cup cubed Velveeta cheese

¼ cup evaporated milk

1 tsp. flour

½ tsp. salt

dash of pepper

sliced almonds,
optional

1. Combine all ingredients, except almonds, in slow cooker.

2. Cover. Cook on Low 3-4 hours.

3. Garnish with sliced almonds at serving time, if you wish.

A calendar made with family photos is my favorite gift. Seeing photos of my family and remembering them all year long is the most wonderful thing!

Ruth Schiefer, Vassar, MI

Brookville Hotel Creamed Corn

Melanie Thrower

McPherson, KS

Makes 3-4 servings

Prep. Time: 10-15 minutes

Cooking Time: 3-8 hours

Ideal slow cooker size: 5-qt.

16-oz. pkg. frozen whole-kernel corn

¾ cup heavy cream

1 tsp. salt

dash of pepper

1 Tbsp. sugar

1 Tbsp. cornstarch

1. Combine all ingredients in slow cooker.

2. Cook on High 3-4 hours or on Low 6-8 hours.

Note:

The corn needs to boil to thicken.

Super Creamed Corn

Ruth Ann Penner

Hillsboro, KS

Alix Nancy Botsford

Seminole, OK

Makes 8-12 servings

Prep. Time: 5-10 minutes

Cooking Time: 4 hours

Ideal slow cooker size: 3- to 4-qt.