I am making this for dinner tonight and it smells sooo yummy! I made it
once before and put a layer of canned green beans in it. The original
recipe calls for potatoes, but you could leave those out. Someone has
suggested to me that you could use sweet potatoes or squash in place of the
potatoes. You might even be able to use cauliflower or some other veg that
you like. It's easy because there are no measurements. The ingredients are
things I usually have onhand. I used the food processor to chop/slice. And
it's unseasonably cool here so I can use the oven.

Place a layer of lean ground beef in a casserole dish. Sprinkle with salt
and pepper (I used Herbamare). Top with a layer of thinly sliced potatoes.
Dot with butter (or in my case, sprinkle with olive oil), add more salt and
pepper and a layer of thinly chopped onions. Continue to layer the potatoes
and onions, seasoning as you go. Dampen the top with milk (or in my case
rice milk). Cover with foil and bake at 400 degrees for an hour and a half.

I took the precaution of placing the baking dish on an old lipped cookie
sheet that I keep for such purposes. As I recall when I made this before it
bubbled over some.

That should say "Escalloped!" Damned typos.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>I am making this for dinner tonight and it smells sooo yummy! I made it
>once before and put a layer of canned green beans in it. The original
>recipe calls for potatoes, but you could leave those out. Someone has
>suggested to me that you could use sweet potatoes or squash in place of the
>potatoes. You might even be able to use cauliflower or some other veg that
>you like. It's easy because there are no measurements. The ingredients
>are things I usually have onhand. I used the food processor to chop/slice.
>And it's unseasonably cool here so I can use the oven.
>
> Place a layer of lean ground beef in a casserole dish. Sprinkle with salt
> and pepper (I used Herbamare). Top with a layer of thinly sliced
> potatoes. Dot with butter (or in my case, sprinkle with olive oil), add
> more salt and pepper and a layer of thinly chopped onions. Continue to
> layer the potatoes and onions, seasoning as you go. Dampen the top with
> milk (or in my case rice milk). Cover with foil and bake at 400 degrees
> for an hour and a half.
>
> I took the precaution of placing the baking dish on an old lipped cookie
> sheet that I keep for such purposes. As I recall when I made this before
> it bubbled over some.
>

Sounds good. I'm really jealous, though, because you saidit is
"unseasonably cool" there. I live in East Texas, and temps have been in the
three-digits for over a week. I went out this evening to take some
photographs, and on the way home I noticed that the car thermostat showed
that it was 102 degrees outside -- and that was at 8:00 this evening!

MaryL

On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 18:18:09 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>I am making this for dinner tonight and it smells sooo yummy! I made it
>once before and put a layer of canned green beans in it. The original
>recipe calls for potatoes, but you could leave those out. Someone has
>suggested to me that you could use sweet potatoes or squash in place of the
>potatoes. You might even be able to use cauliflower or some other veg that
>you like. It's easy because there are no measurements. The ingredients are
>things I usually have onhand. I used the food processor to chop/slice. And
>it's unseasonably cool here so I can use the oven.
>
>Place a layer of lean ground beef in a casserole dish. Sprinkle with salt
>and pepper (I used Herbamare). Top with a layer of thinly sliced potatoes.
>Dot with butter (or in my case, sprinkle with olive oil), add more salt and
>pepper and a layer of thinly chopped onions. Continue to layer the potatoes
>and onions, seasoning as you go. Dampen the top with milk (or in my case
>rice milk). Cover with foil and bake at 400 degrees for an hour and a half.
>
>I took the precaution of placing the baking dish on an old lipped cookie
>sheet that I keep for such purposes. As I recall when I made this before it
>bubbled over some.
>
If you swapped the ground beef for well-trimmed lamb
forequarter chops, you just gave my recipe for Irish Stew. I
haven't made it for a long time, because of the spuds, but I
may try again with a single layer on the top and layers of
veg below. The only thing that's different is that I
sprinkle some chopped herbs on with the seasoning and I
cover the lower layers with stock before the top layer of
spuds.




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Was the hamburger already cooked?

"Alan S" > wrote in message
...

> If you swapped the ground beef for well-trimmed lamb
> forequarter chops, you just gave my recipe for Irish Stew. I
> haven't made it for a long time, because of the spuds, but I
> may try again with a single layer on the top and layers of
> veg below. The only thing that's different is that I
> sprinkle some chopped herbs on with the seasoning and I
> cover the lower layers with stock before the top layer of
> spuds.

Really? Never heard of baked stew. Angela will eat lamb but husband won't.
It's very expensive here though so not something I would ever consider
using. Every once in a while I let her get pre-cooked lamb kebabs from the
store here.

"Mary~~ Smokey" > wrote in message
...
> Was the hamburger already cooked?

No. It cooks in the oven and forms a big patty.

Yes its disgusting...iv see lambs here cost as much as 18 bucks a pound..i
can fill 2 bags groceires for that!

KROM

"Julie Bove" > wrote
> Really? Never heard of baked stew. Angela will eat lamb but husband
> won't. It's very expensive here though so not something I would ever
> consider using. Every once in a while I let her get pre-cooked lamb
> kebabs from the store here.
>

"krom" > wrote in message
...
> Yes its disgusting...iv see lambs here cost as much as 18 bucks a pound..i
> can fill 2 bags groceires for that!

The kebabs are $4 each. Four bites of meat per kebab. She can easily eat
two of them along with a vegetable and some rice or potatoes.

Thank's so much will have to give this a try,Mary Orlando,Fl