Christmas Casseroles!

Here are a couple of "traditional" favorites that I fixed recently and took to work for my office peeps...just love those folks.  And they LOVE to eat!  LOL!
Merry CHRISTmas everyone!

Weekend Brunch Casserole


1 pound sausage, cooked and drained (I used Jimmy Dean-Regular)

2 cups shredded cheese (I used 1 cup mozzarella and 1 cup cheddar)

1-8 ounce can refrigerated crescent dinner rolls

4 eggs, beaten

¾ cup milk

¼ tsp salt

1/8 tsp black pepper

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line the bottom of a greased 9”X13” baking dish with the crescent roll dough, firmly pressing the perforations to seal. Sprinkle with the cooked sausage and cheese. Combine the remaining ingredients in a medium bowl until well blended; pour over the sausage and cheese.

Bake for 15-20 minutes until the eggs are “set” (no longer “jiggly” in the center). Let stand for at least 5-10 minutes before cutting into. If it does not “set” just pop it in the microwave for a couple of minutes (that’s what I did!)


Cream Cheese Danish Casserole


2-8 ounce cans crescent rolls

2-8 ounce blocks cream cheese

1 ¾ cups sugar or Splenda

1 teaspoon vanilla

½ cup butter (may use margarine but butter IS better!)

1 teaspoon cinnamon


Roll out one can of the crescent rolls in the bottom of a greased 9”X13” pan (I just sprayed my pan with Pam cooking spray). Either leave your cream cheese on the counter for a few minutes to soften OR take it out of the paper and put in a microwave safe bowl and soften in the microwave by just heating a few seconds at the time and stirring.

Once your cream cheese is softened, mix just 1 CUP of sugar and cream cheese and the vanilla together. This will be your filling. Spread this mixture over the crescent rolls.

Unroll the second can of crescent rolls. Lay it over the layer of “filling”.

Melt the ½ cup butter and mix in the remaining ¾ cup of sugar and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and pour over the top.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.

Easy Mexican Chicken Casserole

This is an easy Mexican Chicken casserole that I tweaked a little to be "Weight Watcher friendly".  Ejoy!  Ole' y'all! 

Ingredients:

• 6 cups tortilla chips, crushed (Baked Tostitos work great!)

• 2 chicken breasts, boiled and shredded (4 halves)

• 2 cups cheddar cheese (2% Sharp Cheddar)

• 1 can cream of chicken soup (Low-fat)

• 1 (16-ounce) container fresh salsa (or the jar stuff will work fine too!)

• 1 (16-ounce) container sour cream (reduced fat)

• 1 can black olives, chopped

Instructions:

 Mix all ingredients together well in baking dish and bake for 45 min on 375 degrees.

Now you can't get much easier than that, can you?  This is great to serve with a nice salad for dinner during the week.