Omigawd Broccoli! Vegetarian Casserole
"We've gotten so much broccoli from the CSA we belong to this year! I kept cutting it up and freezing it, but it has taken over the freezer and is starting to fill the fridge! Lucky for me, I whipped together this simple dinner - it's easy enough for a beginner, delicous and full of protein for the vegetarians in your life!"
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 4 cups cooked brown rice
- 1 medium onion, minced
- 2 1⁄2 lbs fresh broccoli, chopped into small pieces
- 8 ounces button mushrooms, diced
- 1⁄2 cup flax seed
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 (1 1/4 ounce) packet cheese sauce mix
- 2 (16 ounce) bags of fancy shredded colby-monterey jack cheese
- 1 1⁄2 cups vegetable stock
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
directions
- Toss the rice, all the cut up veggies, flax, salt, pepper and cheese sauce mix and mix well. Add the shredded colby jack, reserving a 1/2 cup, and mix it in as well.
- Stir in the melted butter and vegetable stock and add the entire mixture to a baking pan sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
- Top with the remaining colby jack, cover with tinfoil and bake at 400 degrees F until broccoli is tender (30-40 minutes). When the boccoli is done, remove the tin foil and bake for an additional 5 minutes until the cheese is bubly and melted.
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Reviews
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As a vegetarian for the past 25 years, and the mother of two little vegetarians, I am constantly searching for foods that the whole family can enjoy, especially when my kids have friends over for sleep-overs and expect the staples of pizza or mac and cheese. I love this casserole because it is a really delicious way to get my kids and their friends protein and veggies without them feeling like they are missing out on celebratory "junk-food". The nutrition information is clearly labeled on this site, so while I wouldn't consider it diet food, I would consider it a delicious and fun way to get the family eating different and good for them food. -
I decided to make this for one of our vegetarian nights. This is nice and high in protein and potassium, both of which I am lacking in for heath reasons. I also really liked the addition of flax seeds - not something I would have thought of and it gave the dish a nice crunch - I will have to try adding them to future casserole dishes. That being said, the amount of saturated fat and sodium in this recipe is killer and I even omitted the tablespoon of salt the recipe called for, skipped the melted butter and cut down a bit on the cheese. We both thought that while the flavour was good it was not good enough to justify the fats in the dish so I doubt we will ever make this again. Thanks for posting.
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Pescetarian, lovin' the hippie-eats, learned to cook authentic Japanese fare in Kyoto!
Okay, I figured I should add a bit to the above, so here goes:
I'm a on-air personality on a radio station in the city where I live. My girlfriend and I recently bought an art gallery and are in the midst of remodelling the lofts above it for a living space.
My girlfriend and I travel frequently - we just got back from a three week trip to Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil - and I love to pick up recipes as I go.
We've been vegetarian (although we eat fish) for about a year and a half and I absolutely love it. We eat tons of fresh veggies and fruit and pasta and grains and a moderate amount of fish...and I can't imagine ever craving meat in my diet again!
My family are a very meat-and-potatoes type of mid-western, so they are absolutely baffled by this. I think they must imagine what goes on their dinner-plates (Steak, a few pieces of broccoli, a baked potato) and wonder how we can survive on what's left after you remove the meat. Luckily, I'm a pretty good cook - no, make that a very daring cook! No fear! - and my girlfriend is kind of human garbage disposal. Seriously, she's never met an obscure ethnic dish she didn't like.
So, that's it for now.
