#89_ Swedish Meatball Casserole

Scrumptious Swedish Meatballs Casserole

This is really easy casserole to prepare specially
if you have the meatballs already made.
Click here on how to make meatballs.
You can make the meatballs ahead of time....
even waaaay ahead of time then freeze them.
Before using them in this recipe, just thaw them out in microwave.

Recipe for Swedish Meatballs:

3 lbs. cooked meatballs (recipe here)

3 medium potatoes, peeled and sliced into cubes
2 medium carrots, peeled and sliced
2 stalks celery, sliced
Sauce:
1 can condensed mushroom or celery soup
1 can condensed chicken soup
1 can water ( use soup can to measure with)
1 cup whipping cream or heavy cream
1 envelope beefy onion soup mix, (Lipton)
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 tsp. dried chives
dash of fresh grated nutmeg or ground nutmeg.


MAKE THE SAUCE:

In a bowl mix the soups, water and the cream together
then stir in the dry soup mix (Lipton).
Mix in the oregano, chives and nutmeg.

CROCKPOT METHOD:
Put the meatballs, veggies and the sauce in a crockpot.
Cover and cook on low.

This will take about 5-6 hours.

You can go shopping or go see 2 movies
and come back to a nice hot meal waiting for you.

STOVE TOP METHOD:
Put the meatballs, veggies and the sauce in a non-stick pot.
Cover and simmer over low heat, stirring occasionally, for 1 to 1 1/2 hours,
or until the potatoes are nice and tender.

OVEN METHOD:
Put the meatballs, veggies and the sauce into a large baking dish (15"x10"x 2")
Cover with aluminum foil and bake in a 325 degrees oven for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

#33_How to Make Meatballs

No-fuss-no-mess Meat balls

Eliminate the greasy part of making meatballs by baking them in the oven
instead of browning them in oil.

Really easy to do, just combine all the ingredients in a bowl and mix together

To make uniform size meatballs, pat the mixture into a one-inch thick rectangle. Cut the rectangle into 1 inch to 1 1/2 inch squares. Gently roll each square into balls.

Arrange meatballs in an aluminum-lined sheet pan for easy clean up

Here's the ingredients:

2 lbs. ground beef

1 lb. ground pork

1 cup bread crumbs or oatmeal (see notes)

1 medium onion, minced

3 cloves garlic, minced

2 eggs, slightly beaten

salt and pepper to taste
1 tsp. Mrs Dash

Mix all ingredients together, form into balls and onto a baking sheet; bake it in a pre-heated 350 degrees oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

NOTES from MaMely:

1. You can make different dishes using meatballs such as, Swedish Meatball Casserole, Spaghetti with Meatballs, Meatballs with Cream Sauce, Sweet and Sour Meatballs or Meatball Sandwiches, to name a few. I will post some of these recipes when I make them in the near future.
2. Instead of bread crumbs, I use saltine crackers or oatmeal or both. I put them in a food processor and grind them. I also put the onion and garlic together in food processor to finely chop them.