Weird Science

So most of the time when I cook it's pretty normal stuff. Mexican style, Italian flavors, general American, just regular food. I don't have recipes, but my family has a rotation of meals that works for us.

But last night I got a bug in my butt or something. I made the weirdest casserole I've ever concocted and it was SO YUMMY!

SO here's something like a recipe for anyone who cares or would like to gawk at my weirdness:

Brown 1.25 lbs of extra-lean ground beef. Add black pepper, dried onions, chili powder, tablespoon of grainy mustard and same of worstershistershire sauce as it cooks.

While that's cooking, chop one large clove of garlic and throw it into some olive oil. When it's smelling so very good add one box of thawed frozen chopped spinach. Let it cook for a while, add dried parsley and oregano, then one small can of tomato sauce (ours was so salt added).

Drain 2 cans of hominy. I had one can of yellow and one white.

Open package of cream gravy mix and follow directions for the package, except cook it into the ground meat.

Once that is done poor the meat mixture into bottom of a 9X13 (see? fancy! Ha!) casserole dish. Then evenly spread and plop (mmm) the spinach on top of that. Next, Sprinkled the 2 cans of drained hominy over the top.

Now, I had a bag of unopened catfish fry in my cabinet, but seasoned cornmeal or breadcrumbs would work just as well. I sprinkled small handfuls of that mixture on top of the whole dish until it look covered enough. It's all VERY technical around here...

Lastly, I shredded a whole bunch of cheddar cheese over the top. Oh, and my oven was preheated to 375.

After I put the casserole in I decided bumping the oven up to 400 would make the cheese crust-up more evenly, so that's what I did. It cooked for maybe half an hour and was ready. I let it sit on the counter around 5 minutes so it would stay together when I cut into it.

This reminded me a lot of a Mexican casserole my Grandmother makes, but with completely different ingredients!

It's strange and yummy. The End.