Homesteader's Casserole

I got this recipe out of a magazine about 30 years ago, it's from Kraft. It's an all-in-one casserole dish made with mashed potatoes, breakfast sausage links, green beans, onions, pimientos, and Velveeta cheese. I slightly tweaked the recipe to my liking. This is very good comfort food!

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 4-5

Ingredients

• 1 (9 ounce) package  frozen cut green beans, cooked and drained
• 2  tablespoons  finely chopped onions
• 2  tablespoons chopped pimiento
• 4  cups  hot cooked mashed potatoes
• 1  lb pork sausage link, cooked and drained
• 8  ounces  velveeta cheese spread, sliced & divided

Directions

1. Combine the green beans, onions and pimiento.
2. In a 2-1/2 quart casserole baking dish, add the mashed potatoes.
3. Put half of the cheese slices on top the potatoes.
4. Place the green bean mixture over the cheese slices.
5. Top with the cooked pork sausage links.
6. Cover the casserole, and bake for 30 minutes in a 350º oven.
7. Top with the remaining cheese slices, and continue baking until the cheese melts. (This should only take about 1 minute to melt the cheese.).
8. Yields: 4-5 servings.
9. Note: You could substitute fresh cooked green beans for the frozen-cooked green beans. I cooked my fresh green beans with a 1/2 cup of water, and sprinkled them with a bit of salt & pepper, and cooked them in a 900 watt microwave oven for 13 minutes (stirring the beans half way through the cooking time). Also, when cooking the potatoes, I added a few cloves of fresh garlic to the pot of water, and when the potatoes were done cooking and drained, I added several pats of butter, a bit of half-and-half cream, plus I sprinkled the mashed taters with freshly cracked black pepper, also added some of Mrs Dash Table Blend Seasoning.