Upsidedowncasserole Recipes

CHOW DOWN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a saucepan, bring 3 cups of water to a boil, then add hamburger and garlic. Boil for 20 minutes. Drain and set aside.
• In another saucepan, bring 3 cups of water to a boil and add the rice and carrots. Turn heat down and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat, drain and set aside to cool.
• Next, mix tomato and egg together with cooled rice and carrots, hamburger and garlic and spread in a 9 by 13-inch casserole dish that has been sprayed with non-stick spray.
• Sprinkle top with Parmesan cheese and bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.

EASY UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Drain pineapple; reserve 3/4 cup juice.
• Stir together melted butter and brown sugar in 12-inch skillet with heat-proof handle. Arrange pineapple slices in sugar mixture. Place cherry in center of each pineapple slice.
• Prepare cake mix according to package directions, replacing water with reserved 3/4 cup juice. Pour batter evenly over pineapple.
• Bake at 350 degrees F., 40 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool 5 minutes. Loosen edges and invert onto serving platter.
• Note: Cake can be baked in 13x9-inch baking pan instead of skillet. Prepare and assemble cake as above except cut two pineapple slices in half and place whole slices along edges of pan and halved slices in center. Place cherries in center of slices. Bake and cool as above.
• Mini Upside Down Cakes:
• Drain 1 can (20 oz.) DOLE® Crushed Pineapple, reserve juice.
• Grease 24 muffin cups. Stir 1/3 cup melted butter with 2/3 cup packed brown sugar.
• Evenly spoon mixture into bottom of cups; spoon about 1 tablespoon crushed pineapple over sugar mixture.
• Prepare cake mix as above. Evenly pour batter into cups.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes.
• Invert onto serving platter. Makes 24.
• Per Serving: 293 calories, 7g fat (4g sat.), 0mg cholesterol, 310mg sodium, 58g carbohydrate, 1g protein

UPSIDE-DOWN PIZZA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a large skillet cook sausage until brown and drain.
• Stir in tomato sauce; heat through.
• Transfer to a 2 quart baking dish.
• Top with pepperoni slices, onion, mushrooms and olives.
• Sprinkle with cheese.
• Flatten biscuits or French bread and arrange on top of cheese.
• Bake at 400 degrees about 15 minutes or until top is golden.

UPSIDE DOWN PIZZA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, brown ground beef and onions.
• Drain.
• Stir in olives, pizza sauce, pepperoni, seasoning, and mushrooms.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low; simmer uncovered 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine milk, oil and eggs; beat 1 minute at medium speed.
• Add flour and salt; beat 2 minutes at medium speed or until smooth.
• Spoon meat mixture evenly into ungreased 9 x 13 inch dish.
• Place cheese slices over hot meat mixture.
• Pour topping evenly over cheese, covering completely; sprinkle with Parmesan.
• Bake at 400 for 20-30 minutes or until puffed and golden.

HAMBURGER UPSIDE-DOWN PIE

Steps:

• Saute the onion, green pepper and beef in oil until brown.
• Drain grease.
• Add the other ingredients through the pepper.
• Turn into a 2 Qt.
• casserole dish.
• Mix up the cornbread or biscuit mix and top the casserole with it.
• Bake in at 400 degrees for 25 minutes or until brown.
• Turn onto a serving dish.

UPSIDE-DOWN MEATBALL CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) baking dish with cooking spray.
• In medium bowl, mix all Meatball ingredients. Shape mixture into 28 (1 1/2-inch) balls. Place in ungreased 15x10x1-inch rectangular pan. Bake uncovered 20 to 25 minutes or until thoroughly cooked and no longer pink in center; remove from oven, and reduce oven temperature to 350°F.
• Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix ricotta cheese, 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese, the Italian seasoning, 1/4 teaspoon pepper and 1/8 teaspoon salt; mix well.
• Spread cooked meatballs in bottom of baking dish. Drop spoonfuls of ricotta mixture between meatballs. In 4-cup glass measuring cup, microwave pasta sauce covered on High 2 to 3 minutes, stirring halfway, until heated through and steaming. Pour heated pasta sauce on top of meatball and ricotta layer.
• In large resealable food-storage plastic bag, add biscuit pieces; toss with 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese and 2 tablespoons bread crumbs, shaking bag to coat. Spread biscuit pieces on top of hot pasta sauce layer; sprinkle any remaining bread crumb mixture on top. Bake 33 to 38 minutes or until biscuits are deep golden brown and baked through. Cool 10 minutes before serving. Top with basil.

EASY UPSIDE-DOWN PIZZA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease. Stir in sauce, mushrooms, and olives. Cook and stir until heated through, about 2 minutes more. Transfer mixture to a 2-quart rectangular baking dish. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top of the casserole.
• Flatten each biscuit with your hands and arrange on top of the cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until biscuits are golden, 15 to 17 minutes.