HotMESSdish

Hotdish is an upper midwest staple with roots that date back to the great depression when every penny counted. We’ve certainly made hotdish before with plant based meats, frozen veggies and the quintessential TATER TOTS! Tonight would have been no exception but as it turned out NON of the FROZEN FOODS came in our online food delivery order this week. So we needed to dig deep and scramble for what we had on hand. Thus the Hot MESS Dish. 😀

We found a bag of frozen fries in the bottom of the freezer drawer, we had a bunch of fresh carrots, 2 purple yams, 1 onion and a bag of frozen peas and a can of corn. That would be our base. No meat. No tofu. We would make one large family size tray. The fresh mushrooms did come, so we were able to make a lovely mushroom soup base using the vitamix. Easy and quick.

Folks liked this so much, I wouldn’t be surprised if it makes a repeat appearance. ♥

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HotMESSdish

Cooking Method: baked

Servings: 1

Ingredients

Servings

• 28 ounces Frozen Fries (We used Alexia House Cut Fries)
• 1 pound Brown Whole Mushrooms
• 1.5 cup Milk (We used 1% Dairy Milk)
• 8 ounces Low Fat Neufchâtel Cheese (Can substitute creamcheese)
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 1 teaspoon Onion Powder
• 0.5 teaspoons Garlic Powder
• 0.25 teaspoons Black Pepper
• 16 ounces Frozen Peas
• 15 ounces Canned Corn
• 3 Large Carrots
• 2 Small Purple Yams
• 1 Sweet Onion
• 1 pound Mozzerella Cheese

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400° Peel yam, if desired, and cube into small bite size pieces. Chop carrots and onion into similar size pieces. Saute in large skillet or wok, add chopped onion and a half cup of water, cover and steam until tender.
2. Prepare soup base. Place your washed whole mushrooms into your Vitamix or food processor. Add milk, creamcheese and seasoning and blend on soup setting (5+minutes). It should be thick and creamy.
   
3. Place frozen peas on bottom of baking pan, top with cooked carrot mixture. Pour soup on top of carrots.
   
4. Sprinkle with cheese. Top with French Fries and bake in 400° oven for 20-30 minutes until you reach an internal temperature of 160°.