Corn Casserole

👩‍🌾yields 8 servings, ~ 3/4c / 1.03 USD each

✅ what you’ll need to have:

1. preheat oven to 350°F
2. blend together first seven ingredients
3. stir in remaining ingredients
4. pour into cooking vessel(s)* and slightly press the top until even
5. bake 30min – should be turning a bit brown and bubbly
6. remove from oven and allow to set for 5min before serving

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❣️can be prepared and refrigerated up to 3days before baking
❣️leftovers are good in the fridge for another 3days
❣️the small amount of pepper in this recipe yields a lot of flavor but mild heat

🧾ingredient price breakdown (and where I buy)
by amount in recipe (then total cost of purchase in USD)🛒
butter - $.49 ($3.99/8oz, ShopRite)
canned corn - $1.65 ($.55/can, Target)
eggs - $.92 ($5.49/12, Target)
liquid smoke - $.14 ($5.99/3.5oz, Nuts.com)
sugar - $.03 ($1.99/4lb, Target)
cornmeal - $.09 ($2.99/24oz, BobsRedMill.com)
cayenne - $.07 ($5.59/2.89oz, SimplyOrganic.com)
cheese - $1.89 ($1.89/8oz, Aldi)
bacon - $2.69 ($5.39/12oz, Aldi)
onion - $.30 ($.99/bunch, Aldi)

🧊 FREEZE!

1. Calculate how much you’ll need for your family each time this gets pulled from the freezer and how often over the next three months you want to eat it
2. Determine how many times this recipe needs to be multiplied and then jot the adjusted amounts to keep yourself on track and prevent having to do mid-prep math
3. Do you have more dishes than the one you’ll be baking in now?
   • no – Follow recipe directions, but only put the amount you want to cook now into your dish and cover/refrigerate the bowl of remaining mixture. Clean the dish, then move to FREEZE! step 4.
   • yes – Follow recipe directions, only putting the amount you want to cook now into your for-now dish and either leaving the remainder on the counter (to handle while the first batch bakes) or covering/fridge-ing it (if it won’t be frozen within the hour)
4. For each batch to be frozen:
   1. press a sheet of aluminum foil into the freezing(/future cooking) vessel, leaving overhang to be used as handles when pulling the frozen block out later
   2. pour your mixture in and slightly press the top until even
   3. fold over excess foil and freeze until as solid as ice, 2-4hours
   4. use foil overhang to lift out frozen block
   5. use a permanent marker to write on a big enough sheet of foil to completely wrap your frozen pre-cooked casserole, making sure to choose a spot that will stay smooth so your message doesn’t get distorted when you smush the foil:
      • “best by (today plus three months)“
      • “corn casserole, (#) servings”
        1. “remove foil and place in greased (identifying description of vessel it froze in)” 
        2. “bake at 350°F ~45min, until browning and bubbly”
        3. “let set 5min before serving”
   6. wrap it up and add to your freezer stash

✨gratitude to Publix for inspiration✨