Ingredients

  • 4 cups boiling water
  • 1 cup wild rice or one bos ov Uncle Ben's Long Grain and Wild Rice
  • 1 can cream of mushroom soup
  • 1 can cream of chicken soup
  • 1 4 ounch can mushrooms (drained)
  • 2 beef bouillon cubes
  • 1 crumbled bay leaf
  • Celery salt
  • garlic salt
  • pepper onion salt
  • paprika
  • 3/4 cup chopped celery
  • 6 tablespoons choppen onion
  • butter
  • 1 1/2 pound ground beef
  • 1/2 cup slivered almonds

Method

  • Pour boiling water over wild rice. Let stand 15 minutes then drain. or cook box of Uncle Ben's rice as per directions.
  • Add mushrooms and cans of soup as well as bouillon cubes dissolved in 1 cup boiling water. Add 1 crumbled bay leaf. Season to taste with approimately 1/4 teaspoon of each spice and salt listed.
  • Saute celery and onion in butter until transparent and add to the rest.
  • Brown ground beef, drain, add to mixture - put in casserole dish. Sprinkle with almonds and refrigerate until time to bake.
  • Bake covered for 1 1/2 hours at 350 degrees. Add more bouillon if casserole becomes dry while baking.