Bacon Wrapped Green Beans

Thanks Laurel for this DELICIOUS way to prepare green beans. Everyone was raving over it!

Ingredients:

1 bag frozen green beans (you can use canned whole but frozen works best) **I used fresh and blanched them first**

1 package bacon with strips cut in half

salt

pepper

garlic powder

brown sugar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325.

Grease casserole dish with a little bit of oil/butter/pam.

Take a bundle of green beans, about 6 or so, and wrap a half slice of bacon around them, lay in casserole dish with the seam side down.

Repeat until casserole dish is full, you can crowd them pretty tight, just keep the bacon from touching other strips of bacon otherwise they will get stuck together.

Sprinkle entire dish with salt, pepper and garlic powder.

Sprinkle a little brown sugar on the top of each strip of bacon.

Bake for 15-20 minutes (I honestly forget how long to cook it, but when you smell bacon, it's pretty much done.) **I broiled them for a bit at the end to crisp them up**

Asparagus Roll-Ups

My brother and his girlfriend Katie made these this weekend, and then Brett made some for Kevin and me tonight:) I never eat asparagus, so I think it was his way of getting me to eat it. He cut the recipe down tonight-but the original Asparagus Roll-Up recipe is below. I even loved them! Yummy. Plus, I got in a new veggie:)

Ingredients
16 fresh asparagus spears
16 slices sandwich bread, crusts removed
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
8 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled
2 tablespoons minced fresh chives
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

Directions
Place asparagus in a skillet with a small amount of water; cook until crisp and tender, about 6-8 minutes. Drain and set aside.

Flatten bread with a rolling pin. Combine the cream cheese, bacon and chives; spread 1 tablespoonful on each slice of bread. Top with an asparagus spear. Roll up tightly; place seam side down on a greased baking sheet. Brush with butter and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Cut roll-ups in half. Bake at 400 degrees F for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.

Right out of the oven!


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Green Bean Casserole

I LOVE Green Bean Casserole, it is no longer just for holidays in the Kinley-Spreer household. I make it pretty often. I cannot get enough. Tonight I made Green Bean Casserole and threw a roast in the crock pot with some potatoes, package of onion seasoning, an onion, beef broth, garlic, and random other seasonings. I love doing that, although then my hands smell like garlic and onions all day at work! I wish I would have had some carrots, too. Run that crock pot all day and have a moist, seasoned, super easy supper. That is why I decided to focus on the green beans for this post! You can find the original Campbell's recipe here http://www.campbellkitchen.com/RecipeDetail.aspx?recipeId=24099. Yum, yum yum, and of course, a Thanksgiving and Christmas must-have!

Ingredients
1 can Campbell's Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup
1/2 cup milk
Dash ground black pepper
2 cans green beans
1 1/3 cups French's French Fried Onions

Directions
Stir the soup, milk, black pepper, beans and 2/3 cup onions in a 1 1/2-quart casserole. Bake at 350°F. for 25 minutes or until the bean mixture is hot and bubbling. Stir the bean mixture. Sprinkle with the remaining onions. Bake for 5 minutes or until the onions are golden brown.

Mmmmmmm.....