Onion Casserole

One of my favorite dishes my Mom created and made on special occasions was her Cheesy Onion Casserole! This is an awesome dish for cheese and onion lovers alike and goes perfect with any meal, whether an outdoor BBQ or a fancy Holiday meal. This dish is a great accompaniment with any kind of meat from beef to chicken to lamb to Cornish hens or whatever you may be serving! I just love this dish and also eat the leftovers alone for a lunch. You can also freeze the leftovers if you prefer. They reheat well if you add a little milk.

So do you want to know how to make this dish? It is easier than you think. First you take about 3 very large onions and slice thin. I prefer the large white onions or sweet onions (Hint - you can ask the deli at your grocers to slice the onions on the meat slicer for you. Most of the time they are happy to oblige). You want to make sure you have enough onions to almost fill you baking dish!

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Next step is to boil the onions until they are soft. While waiting for the onions you can start your cheese sauce. First make a rue with melted butter and flour and milk. Once the sauce is starting to thicken add 8 ounces of Cheddar cheese and 8 ounces of Swiss cheese, all the cheese cut in chunks to melt easier, and stir slowly until it all melts.

Now your onions are soft, drain them and put into a large baking dish. Next you take the cheese sauce and mix it into the onions. Now this mixture alone is quite tasty and tempting to eat but you must refrain yourself! This mixture will need to bake an hour and you can pre-make it for later.

Just before it is time to put in the oven, at 350 degrees, you take a box of flavored croutons and you pour half of them into the mixture and stir them in. After that you pour the other half on top and spread around. Put in the oven and enjoy the aroma. The aroma alone makes you hungry and ready to eat some!

Once done remove from oven and serve. I promise if you like onions you will go crazy for this tasty mixture, and you too may be eating some the next day for lunch as well!

Onion Casserole

Joan Penfold
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