I remember my mom making a tater tot casserole without meat, so I thought I'd look one up, most of them had meat in them, and I figured that might make it a meal, so I am trying this one with a couple of alterations. My hubby is allergic to mushrooms so I'm using cream of celery instead, and I'm adding hamburger. We shall see.

I love the tater tot cassorole, but if you are a good cook you can make things the way you want and they will turn out delicious. God Bless

This whole conversation made me laugh so hard. What fun I had looking up a recipe! So I don't have hamburger, I thought I would try ham? Anyone tried that? Thanks for the recipe, and it's fun getting other ideas. so funny.

OK! I'm trying this recipe today. But I am going to use 1 bag of Nathans frozen potato pancakes with a half of package of frozen hashbrowns (like the kind you get at McDonalds) the potato pancakes have onion in them. I am going to cook the potato's first. Will let you know how it comes out. Being originally from the south I am going to rename it Brooklyn red neck casserole.

The shredded and cubed potatoes were very good I don't like mush tater tot

Tater tot casserole is a favorite here. However, a nice side-dish is frozen hash-browns and cheese topped with crushed, buttered corn-flakes... baked in the oven until browned.

PoTATos or pota-a-tos- What a great thread. LMAO - Good stuff everyone. I like it both ways.

This was a pleasure everyone! Much more than I expected from a simple little "tater tot" recipe.
Where the main ingredient was invented from "left-over" portions of potatoes in 1953 by Ore-ida.

very funny what was the recipe agin? just kidding lotsa fun god bless.

Well if you want to make your tator tot casserole into a real meal this is what you do. Fry up ground hamburger, put it into a casserole dish then you can put chopped onion carrots, corn, peas, what ever, 3 veggies you want on top then you put your tator tots on top with the cheese and soup. It really good..

Throw in some crispy bacon w/sour cream! Not the healthiest dish but tasty!

Thanks for the different ideas...I will try most of these and let you know how it comes out. Sounds simple and easy just what I like. Thanks for the laughs too!

Would like to say that this recipe would be better with shredded hash browns because it is more like hash brown cass. Tator tot cass has ground beef mixed with cream of mushroom and tots on top. But everybody does make this differently.

Follow the recipe and it is fine when adding 1 lb. hamburger... It is good when looking for a easy meal and cheap... The cream of mushroom can also be changed to each persons taste.

You can mix browned hamburger & sauteed onions with soup & pour over a layer of tater tots. Top with another layer of tater tots & cheese. You can eliminate sour cream & french fried onions or even substitute cream of chicken or cream of celery soup. Try a mixture of soups. Many variations to this recipe. Love all the comments.