Spiced Up Green Bean Casserole

Includes:  Deano's Jalapeno's- Ranch 2.25 oz.

 You can use any green bean casserole recipe and finish it with with Deanos Jalapenos Ranch flavored chips.

Ingredients:

• 1/3 stick butter
• 1/2 cup diced onions
• 1/2 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
• 2 cups sliced green beans
• 3 cups chicken broth
• 1 (10 3/4-ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
• 1 (2.8-ounce) can French-fried onion rings
• Pinch House Seasoning, recipe follows
• 1 cup grated Cheddar

Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Melt the butter in a large skillet. Saute the onions and mushrooms in the butter. Boil green beans in chicken broth for 10 minutes and drain. Add the green beans, mushroom soup, onion rings, and House Seasoning, to taste, to the onion mixture. Stir well. Pour into a greased 1 1/2-quart baking dish. Bake for 20 minutes, then top the casserole with the Cheddar and bake for 10 minutes longer, or until the casserole is hot and cheese is melted.

South Western Sheppard’s Pie

Includes: Deano's Jalapeno's- Cheddar 2.25 oz.

Ingredients:

• 1-2 pounds of ground beef, you can substitute ground turkey
• 1 onion. diced
• 2 cloves of garlic, diced
• 10-15 mushrooms, sliced
• Beef gravy, homemade or jar or from packet
• 1 table spoon chipotle peppers in adobo’s sauce, diced
• pound bag of frozen corn or fresh cooked and cut off the cob, about 8 ears
• 4 potatoes diced
• 1 table spoon butter
• ¼ cup milk
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Shredded cheddar

 Directions:
Cook ground beef and remove from pan. Leave fat from beef in to sauté the onions, garlic and mushrooms. Drain off any excess fat (or make homemade gravy with that). Combine beef and onion mixture with gravy and chipotle’s, mix well.

Boil a large pot of water and add potatoes. Cook until tender and mash with butter and milk. Salt and pepper to taste Cover to keep warm.
In a casserole dish with non stick spray add beef mixture then layer corn and mashed potatoes in that order top with cheddar cheese and bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes add Cheddar cheese and Deanos Jalapenos Ranch flavored chips and put back in oven until cheese is melted.

At the Cactus Café our South Western Sheppard’s pie is made from scratch and we also serve it in a fried flour tortilla bowl with fresh greens tossed in olive oil and a pinch of salt and pepper around the base.