Green Bean Casserole Kicked Up - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 (15 ounce) cans green beans or (15 ounce) cans French style green beans
6 ounces mushrooms, diced (I LOVE baby bellas)
1 cup onion, diced
1 cup celery, diced
2 -3 tablespoons garlic, diced fine
8 ounces monterey jack and cheddar cheese blend, shredded
1 (13 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
1 (13 ounce) can cream of celery soup
2 (6 ounce) cans French fried onion rings
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons olive oil
kosher salt
pepper

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
Melt butter and olive oil over medium high heat in a large frying pan.
Add onions, celery, garlic and mushrooms,1 tsp of the salt.
1/2 teaspoons pepper.
Saute about 5-6 minutes until the vegetables have softened.
Add both cans of soup. Mix well and remove from heat.
Rinse the green beans well and set in colander to drain.
In a large bowl, combine the green beans, shredded cheese and soup/veggie mix. Add 1/2 of your fried onion rings.
Pour mixture into a buttered casserole dish and bake for 30 minutes.
Remove from oven and top with the remaining onion rings.
Put back in oven for about 5-10 minutes until the onions have browned slightly.