Casserole For A Crowd

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (14 ounce) can chow mein-style vegetables
• 1 (16 ounce) can french-style green beans
• 1 (16 ounce) can peas
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can cut asparagus
• 1 (2 ounce) jar pimentos
• 1 (8 ounce) jar sliced water chestnuts
• 1 (2 ounce) package sliced almonds
• 3 hard-boiled eggs
• 2 -3 cloves fresh minced garlic
• 8 ounces cheddar cheese, grated (or more if desired)
• 2 (10 1/2 ounce) cans cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
• 1 1/2 cups crushed saltine crackers (or 1 stack crushed)
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, melted
• 1 (3 -6 ounce) can french fried onion rings

Recipe

• 1 set oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease a 9" x 13" baking pan.
• 3 drain veggies well.
• 4 in a bowl, lightly mix the veggies with almonds, eggs, seasonings, cheese and soup.
• 5 transfer the mixture to prepared baking pan.
• 6 combine the crushed crackers with melted butter; sprinkle over the vegetable/casserole mixture.
• 7 bake for 25-30 minutes, or until bubbly.
• 8 top with onion rings the last 20 minutes of baking time.