Recipe: Carrot Casserole from J Q Rose

Welcome to Good Eats, Great Reads. This month of November is devoted to giving you delicious recipes and great stories. There are prizes in store all month. Today, please leave a comment to be eligible to win a copy of my mystery, Sunshine Boulevard.


The recipe I am sharing today is one I received from the ladies of my hometown church in Central Illinois. I have prepared it for big dinner occasions for years. It is one of my daughters’ favorites and they now prepare this carrot casserole for their families. Even people who do not like carrots, love this recipe. (How can you not when one of the ingredients is Velveeta cheese? Oh so sinfully good…and from the church ladies too!!) I hope you enjoy this tasty, oh-so-easy dish.

CARROT CASSEROLE

2 lbs carrots, sliced (into "wheels" shape, we call them)

1/3 c. brown sugar

1 stick butter/margarine

¼ lb. Velveeta cheese (I use more than this)

12 Ritz crackers

Boil carrots 10 minutes.  Drain and put in baking dish.  Sprinkle with brown sugar.  Melt butter and cheese together and pour over carrots.  Top with cracker crumbs and bake ½ hour at 350 degrees.


Of course with the recipes, you will also get a glimpse of a book to read while you're waiting for the food to cook. Today I include my mystery novella, Sunshine Boulevard, a quick, fun read. 

Here’s the trailer for my mystery/suspense novella, Sunshine Boulevard, available at Muse It Up Publishing, amazon.com, bn.com and major online booksellers.

Thanks for stopping in today. Come back on Friday when author Jim Hartley shares his Egg-cellent recipes and short story, Ten Years.

Good Eats, Great Reads Begins Today--Recipes and Books for You in November

Welcome to the Good Eats, Great Reads month long celebration of good food and entertaining books. Recipes you can use during the holidays for all the parties and get-togethers, and stories to help de-stress you from the planning, shopping, indulging, and excitement in the next two months. If this isn’t enough, many of the authors have generously offered their books as prizes in the drawings.

The recipes come to us from around the world—Irish, Mexican, English and more. There are main dishes, desserts, sides, and breads. I do not want you to miss out on one of them, so I have collected the recipes on the J Q Rose blog during this month of November and placed them in a FREE e-book collection available mid-November. It is my gift to you during this holiday season.

During this special time of year, we count our blessings. We know there are folks who are not as fortunate as we are. I hope this month of recipes will bring awareness to the problem of hunger in our local area. If you are able, please consider donating food to your local food pantry or send a cash donation so the pantry can buy food at discounted prices to stock their shelves. Thank you.

The Coffin Hop Horror Blog Tour Winner is Erin O'Riordan. I will send her a copy of Sunshine Boulevard. (It's still scary even in November!) Thanks to everyone who commented on the blog hop.

Come back tomorrow when I share a family favorite recipe and leave a comment to be eligible to win my holiday short story, The Good Neighbors.

Now get your cooking supplies and utensils ready to start a delicious month of recipes!