Casserole of Ham
A classic ham and pea casserole with cheese, bread crumbs, pimentos, and a mushroom soup topping.
Category Main Dishes
Main dish recipes from Aunt Bertha’s Recipe Box, including casseroles, meats, poultry, seafood, and other hearty dishes for the family table.
Marinated Broiled Halibut Steaks
Handwritten recipe for broiled halibut steaks marinated in a distinctive sauce made with instant coffee, lemon, butter, and seasonings.
Knox Deep Sea Mold
Chilled seafood gelatin mold made with tuna, shrimp, and vegetables in a creamy base.
Tom’s Lamb Loaf
Tom’s Lamb Loaf combines ground lamb with crackers, eggs and a flavorful mix of ketchup, cumin, garlic and soy sauce.
Quick Beef Stroganoff
A handwritten recipe for Quick Beef Stroganoff with sirloin, mushrooms, brown gravy and sour cream, served over hot rice or noodles.
Lillian’s Casserole
A handwritten 1960s recipe for Lillian’s Casserole, made with shrimp, crab, rice, mushroom soup, vegetables, and hard-boiled eggs.
Lillian’s Hot Crab Salad
A handwritten recipe for Lillian’s Hot Crab Salad, a make-ahead casserole with crab or shrimp, bread, vegetables, eggs, mushroom soup, and cheese.
Betty’s Tuna With Cheese Swirl
A handwritten recipe for Betty’s Tuna With Cheese Swirl, a 1950s tuna casserole topped with biscuit-dough swirls filled with cheese and pimento.
Overnight Sausage Rice Bake
A handwritten recipe for Overnight Sausage Rice Bake—assemble it tonight, tuck it in the fridge, and tomorrow’s hearty sausage-and-rice casserole is nearly done.
Russian Fluff
A typed recipe with handwritten notes for Russian Fluff—a wonderfully misleading name for a hearty hamburger casserole crowned with cracker crumbs and bacon.
Easy Prawn Supper Casserole
A handwritten recipe for Easy Prawn Supper Casserole brings prawns, ham, mushrooms, tomatoes, and rice together for an easy supper that’s far more interesting than the name lets on.
Poor Man’s Beef Stroganoff
A handwritten recipe for Poor Man’s Beef Stroganoff—budget-friendly, wonderfully simple, and featuring one mysterious “1 can” for good measure.
Meat Balls
A handwritten recipe for Meat Balls—with uncooked rice mixed right in and tomato soup poured over the top, these aren’t your everyday meatballs.
Hawaiian Style Spareribs
Typed on a personalized recipe card, Hawaiian Style Spareribs bring pineapple, brown sugar, and soy sauce together for one sweet-and-tangy dinner worth saving.