Creamed Vegetables

"After taking the original of this recipe from Taste of Home's Quick Cooking, Collector's Edition 2003 (23), I tweeked it a bit & came up with the following version. If a little extra flavoring is desired, I sometimes use a garden vegetable cream cheese."
 
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photo by Stephanie Y.
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Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
4
Serves:
6
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ingredients

  • 20 ounces fresh mixed vegetables (broccoli, baby carrots & cauliflower, fresh)
  • 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can condensed cream of celery soup
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese spread
  • 1 cup seasoned croutons
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directions

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  • Steam vegetables until just tender, then drain & place in a large bowl.
  • In a separate bowl, mix together soup & cream cheese, then stir that mixture into the vegetables.
  • Pour vegetables into a greased 1-quart baking dish & sprinkle with the croutons.
  • Bake uncovered for 25 minutes or until bubbly.

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Reviews

  1. This was just okay. Made it for Thanksgiving dinner and nobody raved about it.
     
  2. It cannot get much easier than this to put together creamed mixed veggies & I did mix it up by using frozen cauliflower & broccoli florets + fresh carrots & snow peas. I tasted the mixture & added McCormick Lemon & Pepper Seasoning Salt to perk up the flavor a bit. The happy outcome was the sauce approached an almost hollandaise-like flavor w/o the guilt. I esp like easy, pop in the oven & go about your business recipes like this, so thx for sharing this recipe w/us.
     
  3. What a delicious and easy way to make creamed veggies. I used fresh broccoli, cauliflower, baby carrots cut in half, three ribs of chopped celery, and a handful of frozen peas, with homemade seasoned croutons using recipe #20227 for the seasoning. Much quicker than making homemade white sauce. Served with grilled chicken and baked potatoes. Added this recipe to my favorites binder!
     
  4. This was a nice way to dress up your basic mixed vegetables. I used regular cream cheese and herbed croutons. Next time, I would go for more flavor punch, with maybe a stronger flavored crouton and definitely an herbed cream cheese, or add some seasonings to the veggies. Thanks for posting!
     
  5. Absolutely delicious and easy to make. I used a lot of different veggies: broccoli, brussel sprouts, snow peas, carrot, and cabbage. I think mushrooms would also be good. I did use seasoned cream cheese and probably made a huge change by subbing condensed broccoli cheese soup for the cream of celery, but it came out fantastic. This recipe wouldn't scale down easily, but I think it would make a great full meal for a smaller group by substituting cooked turkey or ham or something for some of the veggies. Anyway, this is a keeper. Thaks for posting.
     
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Tweaks

  1. This was a really nice side dish that does not compete with other flavors. I cut the recipe in half and subbed mushroom soup for the celery and zapped regular cream cheese in the micro for 30 seconds. Thanks syd for this wonderful recipe.
     

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