Breakfast Casserole

Thanks to my cousin Monica for sending me this recipe!

1 pound package of Purnell's smoked breakfast sausage

about 3 cups shredded potatoes (frozen and thawed)
1 package cream cheese softened
1 can cream of whatever soup
a bag of velveeta crumbles
1 cup of French's fried onions
kosher salt
cracked pepper
garlic powder
diced medium sweet (or yellow or white) onion

preheat oven to 375
brown and drain the breakfast sausage, add in the shredded potatoes and diced onion, and stir around browning for about 5 minutes. Spray a casserole or baking dish with PAM (or spray of your choice). When potato, sausage, onion mixture is brownish, stir in the rest of the ingredients reserving French's fried onion fort the top. Bake covered about 25 minutes...remove top and let fried onion brown if needed.

Ham and Potato Soup

This was lots of fun to make and turned out really well. It was even BETTER next day!

1 1/2 lbs ham
6 medium potatoes
2 cans of chicken broth
2 cans of cream of celery soup
1 can of corn (leave in the juice)
1 can cream of corn
1 pkg shredded colby jack cheese
3 tbs butter
3 tbs flour
milk

Cut ham and potatoes into bite size chunks, add to crock pot. In a separate mixing bowl add chicken broth, soup and both cans of corn. Mix well then add to the crockpot. In a small saucepan melt butter, add flour to create a roux, add milk to desired thickness then add to crock pot. Cook on low for 8 hours, half hour before it's done add the bag of shredded colby jack. ENJOY!

This feed my husband, daughter and myself 3 times so it's great for leftovers or to feed LOTS of people :)