This recipe from Cookin' Crunk reminded me of the cheese laden casseroles I used to make so I had to try it to see if it measured up. The only negative is some advance prep before you can eat!
The day before I went ahead and cooked the brown rice and made the Vegan Cream of Mushroom Soup recipe. It makes 4 cups so I halved the recipe as the casserole only uses 1 cup of it. I still had some leftover soup so I froze it in 1 cup size. Hopefully, it will thaw alright and I can use it in another recipe. It will be really convenient to have on hand as I can never find vegan cream of mushroom soup at the store.
For the cheese component you have to make the Basic Cheesy Sauce. Again, I halved the recipe since I only needed one cup. Very flavorful cheese sauce using nutritional yeast.
Saueeting the broccoli and onion.
Finally, on to the casserole! Really easy to mix everything together now and put in a casserole dish. The mixture is topped with some breadcrumbs. The recipe called for whole wheat but I used some panko.
After baking, the breadcrumbs get golden brown under the broiler.
~ Cheesy Broccoli-Rice Casserole ~
Yum! A very healthy, tasty substitute for my old-style broccoli cheese casserole.
I love the cheese sauce and the mushroom soup from that book, so this has to be really good.
ReplyDeleteI want to try the mushroom soup in some of my other casserole recipes. It's so easy to make.
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