I really wanted to make a casserole but couldnt find one that had exactly what I wanted. So, I made my own. Enjoy!

perfect side dish or as a meal itself! very filling! can make as cheesy as you want ~(o.o)~

Takes a while with prep work, but worth it in the end. I actually came up with this recipe accidentally while trying to make pizza. I wanted to get fancy with the sauce, but added too many vegetable so it was more like a stew, so I changed the recipe midway from pizza to casserole.

My mom used to make this for me and my brother and our friends. She still makes it. I took it from her to make for my husband and I, its a quick easy meal to make, when we have kids over I get them in the kitchen to help me make it.

If you don’t have cooked chicken then use 1 pack of boneless chicken breast and cut into small pieces and add salt and pepper then place in the greased casserole dish and bake for 25 min at 375. DRAIN LIQUID once it’s done and just swap the layers of chicken and rice and repeat sauce and cheese layers as described.

Neighbors to my west are Hispanic and are outstanding chefs. I learn what I can from them. I also saw a taco casserole on another site which gave me the idea to put together a vegan tortilla casserole.

So I had some leftover chopped veggies from my chicken & pasta dish last night and wanted to use them up before they went bad. Sunday mornings are usually my casserole mornings and it was getting close to brunch time so I made a few revisions to one of my other breakfast casseroles and snuck in the leftover veggies. I have to say it was a hit and I barely had any left to take pics with! :-)

this is one of my family's favorites

A hearty, but not too heavy evening meal

Easy, simple yet family approved.