Green Bean Casserole

This is one of our favorite side dishes, especially for the holidays. Although, I enjoy the green bean casserole with the canned cream of mushroom soup and the french fried onions on top.. this is SO. MUCH. BETTER. It does have more ingredients and definitely takes more time. BUT, it is delicious.

2 9 ounce package frozen green beans- thawed
10 slices bacon
10 small mushrooms chopped
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1 cup half and half
1/4 cup parmesan cheese
salt and pepper
french fried onions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put in a one quart dish.
Fry bacon until brown and crispy.
Keep enough bacon grease in the pan to coat the bottom
Add mushrooms to the grease
Season with garlic and onion powder
Cook and stir until tender, about 4 minutes
Pour half and half into the pan with mushrooms and stir to scrape the bacon flavor from the bottom of the pan.
Simmer until thickened slightly about 5 minutes.
Pour this mixture over green beans.
Crumble bacon over top and sprinkle with Parm cheese
Season with salt and pepper
Bake 20 minutes in the preheated oven

*Because we didnt want to switch things up too much, we just mixed the bacon cheese and green beans together and tossed the sauce in. We cooked the casserole for 15 minutes and then added the french onions on top (like the original recipe).