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Hotdish Haiku

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Even if you don't cook, this book is a hoot to read - especially if you're at all familiar with "Hotdish". The Haiku is priceless, and even the names of the recipes are funny.

Depending on where you live, you may just know this type of recipe as a "casserole". Most of the recipes consist of a can of some sort of soup, a starch (rice, noodles or pasta), and some sort of protein. Mix it all up with some other ingredients, and throw it in a baking dish. Voila!

There are recipes with meat, poultry, fish, seafood, and vegetarian, so there's probably something for everyone. I've made several of the recipes, and my husband enjoyed them all.

This would be a great gift.

I like casseroles, but personally rarely use canned soups. If you'd prefer a home-made substitute for the canned cream-of-something soups in the cookbook, you can use the following:

2 Tbsp. butter
2 Tbsp. salad oil
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt
10 ounces milk (whatever fat content you prefer)
2 mushrooms or a rib of celery or some chicken bouillon to make cream-of-mushroom, cream-of-celery, or cream-of-chicken (optional)

Heat the butter and oil then add flour and salt, stirring to make a roux. Add mushrooms, celery, or bouillon if desired and cook about a minute. Add milk and stir until thickened. Use instead of one can of CONDENSED cream soup.