Required fields are marked *. I just made this, subbing cauliflower for the broccoli (that’s what I had on hand) and I added a little bit of parmesan to the cheese sauce. I guess the saying goes true, you want what you can’t have. American cheese, sugar cereals, candy, hydrogenated peanut butter, instant soup, and other chemical-ridden foods. Another suggestion for your son’s food blog – “Throw it in the Trash.” That’s my three-year-old’s not-so-gentle way of telling me he doesn’t like something. My childhood friend recently reminded me that I used to hoard junk food from her house and eat it under my bed. )—minimal processed foods; grew, canned, made her own. Wild rice makes a nice change. Reminds me of amateur gourmet’s broccoli rice casserole where you make your own cream of mushroom soup. Remove pan from heat and stir in 1/3 of grated cheese until melted. I wanted canned ravioli so much! Thank you, Deb, once again, for a flawless recipe. I used French Carmargue Red rice because our supermarket (in Scotland) didn’t stock wild, and it worked really well – it did need twice the amount of liquid when boiling the rice and onions though. Season generously with salt and pepper. Pour over cooked macaroni. We were financially strapped, so Mom saved money by making her own jam. Can’t wait to try it! I did think lunchmeat sandwiches and potato chips were a treat. https://www.thekitchn.com/hamburger-cabbage-soup-recipe-sweet-cs-265752 :). You would not believe how hard I had to talk my mom into buying Kix. And they don’t get it when I make my own tater tots. We devoured this last night! If you have found a good therapist to address these issues, please let me know. Do you think this would freeze well? No cola but root beer was ok. No sugary gum but Care-Free was ok. We only had homemade cookies at our house. Hey, I even like the cream of mushroom soup kind, but this looks wonderful! This is the comfort casserole of my dreams! If there wasn’t a coupon for an item, we didn’t buy it. I used raw cut up chicken thighs (boneless and skinless) and just sauteed them after I sauteed the onions (threw the chicken in to brown for a couple of minutes after the onions). Ugh. I must stick up for Broccoli-Rice Casserole! This turned out divine. It really turned out amazing! This looks sooo good. My dad, a firefighter, learned all his cooking at the fire house so when he had dinner duty, he made enormous trays of ziti, lasagna, or pots of beef stew or chili in quantities way too large for our family of 5. What added insult to injury was that my brother, six years younger, was allowed to have pretty much whatever he wanted. Goldfish, name brand chips, fruit roll ups, twinkes, etc. Used a combination of wild rice, brown basmati and white basmati in case anyone’s curious. smitten kitchen | broccoli cheddar soup. “i should have known.” last night i altered it a bit by roasting 1/2 lb of chopped gold potatoes in the oven with 1/2 lb of broccoli, while the rice was cooking, in the same dish i was going to bake the whole thing in. My mum claims I cook better than she does, and I now abhor processed food, so I don’t really have regrets. This thickens well – more as it heats. everything we ate was from a box or a can. Mom made all our bread and baked goods. 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour You weren’t missing anything …. This looks delish! smitten kitchen | broccoli cheddar soup Here is the latest update from smittenkitchen.com: broccoli cheddar soup; More Recent Articles; Search smitten kitchen. Your recipes are delicious, but when I make them for my mom and dad they always complement weird and exotic food. Not sure why it took so long, but I don’t think this will make it into our dinner rotation as that’s too long for a weeknight meal. My favourite way to eat broccoli is boiled or stir fried with oyster sauce. A layer of uncooked stuffing mix topped with cream of chicken soup, broccoli, and that delicious layer of cheese- simple, processed perfection. It worked perfectly. potato and broccolini frittata. I still don’t think to put berries on my cereal which I think is a hangover from those tmes – strawberries were strictly for special occasion desserts! I didn’t have a pound of broccoli, so ended up with 1/3 broccoli, 1/3 cauliflower, 1/3 carrot mix. mix it up with fresh broccoli trimmed into about quarter to half dollar sizes, and a can of any brand cream of mushroom soup. What a wonderful trip down the memory lane of the 50’s and 60’s! Ugh, I made the most mediocre chicken tonight. So we had both healthy wild rice dishes and broccoli cheese casserole with velveeta and ritz crackers on the regular. When my mom started staying home after my brother was born, she became a born-again granola mom, home-made bread and carob brownies. How lucky we were. This has been a good week on Smitten! But that’s a lot of dishes to wash, even using the same pan to cook the rice, the sauce, and the final bake\broil. I used my rice cooker with the amounts you suggested (brown rice setting) and it worked out great. Any rice I want to use. It always makes me so happy that you have the same feelings toward “traditional”-ish dishes as I do… casseroles & pasta bakes were always so gloppy and not my thing, and your updates to them are spot-on. He would not stop so of course my mother asked her for her recipe, tips, secrets, whatever. When I bit into my toast I was so shocked to discover it had absolutely no flavor whatsoever beyond sweet. Your email address will not be published. Ha It got the thumbs up from the baby too (I made it without salt or cayenne, but otherwise to the letter of the recipe), which is a huge bonus! Some of us were in food hell. Helen — I’ve been using the Lundberg blend for a while and like it a lot. Oh, here’s an interesting one: I also was not allowed Red 40, and that was unique because it wasn’t just a rule for the home; we weren’t allowed period. spaghetti with broccoli cream pesto Posts navigation. (green beans, zucchini, and butternut squash). Thank you! I now crave all the spices in the universe and use them liberally, in fabulous, often successful combinations :), My mom was a really good cook (this was 50-60 years ago! Hawaiian Punch? I didn’t care, because I was cooking it for me! My mom always just sauteed ground beef and then dumped in a jar of sauce, rather than forming actual meat balls. I made this last week and was disappointed. You can take the girl out of the midwest, etc. Previous post: kale and quinoa salad with ricotta salata, kale and quinoa salad with ricotta salata. Turn the heat back on and cook. My mom also had the 3 cookie rule. Junk food/processed food not allowed in our house. I’ve never made a casserole before, but this is tempting! Next time I make it, I’ll likely use 1/2 the cheese called for in the recipe and see how it turns out. If you had success, did you freeze before or after baking? And on a side note — I can’t believe how old Jacob is now! It was delicious and very similar to this recipe. I think because the rice in those packs is usually a bit more starchy, this basically became risotto in the oven. your own Pins on Pinterest Using a spoon, mix the egg white through the broccoli mix as much as you can. I add a handful of sliced almonds right before the “top cheese”. I might get it as a rare treat if I happened to be dragged grocery shopping with her and I begged in the most demeaning way possible. I made the recipe as written, but added two cooked and cut up chicken breasts to make it into a whole meal. My mom always MADE us snacks for cheaper. I was so excited to see this recipe posted! My mother always had white bread with margarine: yuck. The only stuff that was in the freezer were fish sticks and pot-stickers, which were eaten rarely. What I would have given for Wonderbread! Made this once and it turned out a bit watery. :). Thanks. Peel broccoli stems and dice them into large chunks. Or any bread from a package. A little chopping, some stirring and then you’ll let your soup simmer away on the stove until the vegetables are tender. And let’s not forget Molly Katz’s “Enchanted Broccoli Forest”. I still have that cookbook, and have yet to make a Castle Cake. Pardon me while I just go make this. The cheese sauce is perfectly balanced with all the other ingredients. It sounds good to me pretty much year round! We had them ALL. Thanks for the inspiration! For some reason, we never actually had real Hamburger Helper. I only had short grain brown Japanese rice in the house so I cooked it separately and then added in the sauteed onions. Poptarts. She was an excellent cook, but took reasonable shortcuts. I’ve tried it with frozen broccoli (definitely not as good but much faster if you’re in a hurry) and I don’t bother with the onion and butter with the wild rice. Baked rice is one of my guilty pleasures… Cheese? It’s a lot of work for a ‘not so great’ result. Then, a few weeks back I forgot to customize my produce order through Green Bean Delivery, and I found myself in possession of a few large heads of broccoli. I didn’t even know it existed until you posted this recipe! I also added a bit of panko on top. 565 g broccoli, finely chopped. (used the stem in a stir fry). (It certainly wasn’t in my South African mother’s repertoire.) Mom doled them out by the chip. Then I used the same pan for making the cheese sauce, poured over the ingredients and baked until hot. We also regularly ate grilled cheese made with Velveeta or fried bologna sandwiches for lunch. I make Mac and Cheese with my own sauce and my family loves it, I should be ashamed to admit it’s too rich for me and I like Kraft Mac and Cheese. we never got proper sheet cake frosted deliciousness for our birthdays. ;-) Oh, and I’ve never had or made a casserole either, but this certainly looks quite appealing! Stir in the garlic and cook until fragrant, 30 seconds. The one thing we didn’t have (and I ate endlessly at friends’ homes) was boughten bread! Thank you! I used far more broccoli and less cheese but it was still amazing. As an adult, I turned into my mother and the cycle repeated itself. Congrats on reinventing this. Am I reading it correctly that 1/3 of the cheese is used to make the sauce and 2/3 is used to top the bake? Have to laugh, as my kiddo will also only eat broccoli, cheese and rice SEPARATELY (and not touching – AT ALL). Add the chicken broth, nutmeg, and black pepper and cook for 8-10 minutes or until the soup is slightly thickened. I grew up much the same way – though I used to feed my kids hamburger helper – it was cheep! Powdered eggs from a box! Serves 4-6 as a main course. My 8 and 11 year olds fought over this, and I had to hide the husband’s portion so he’d have dinner when he got home from working late… so I think that tells you everything you need to know! #157, Paola, you mentioned Halvah! Added almonds & crunched up crackers on the top. with shredded cheddar) as a snack. However the first time I did try it, I was instantly addicted too even though it was horribly burnt and crawling. I love your blog and your recipes. I’ll make this again with the changes listed above. I also never had that green bean casserole that’s so common around the holidays. Thanks! Evidently our pediatrician told my mother not to buy but rather bake cookies because they were far healthier and not to give us soda. I loved visiting my grandparents, where candy and ice cream were presented at every turn — I absolutely ended up ill on every trip, not unrelated to the amounts of junk food I enthusiastically consumed. Of course, you can make it as smooth or chunky as you want. ), Like Mary (#67), I too grew up on many of the things you were denied. Love that your recipe uses wild rice. The funniest food-related oddity I can recall from childhood is that my brother and I each happily ate baby food jarred plain spinach as DESSERT! I make delicious, wonderful, lip smacking good chicken, but my boyfriend used to crave Shake n’ Bake (what his mom made. Pietila — Yes, something with a sharp flavor that would melt fairly well. Imagine my shock as an adult when I noticed it nearly everywhere! Me: “thanks so much”. My mom didn’t. This looks and sounds really interesting. Tonight. I just made this because it had nostalgia written all over it. Who wants more curry chicken when there is tuna noodle casserole or lasagna from the frozen aisle to be had. Even though this is listed as a side dish, my SO and I just ate this for dinner. I still love the name however. You might want to check out the comment guidelines before chiming in. I have a similar picky eater problem. This one though, this one got my toddler AND husband to eat broccoli and ask for more. This one was quite tasty and easy to make. I was always jealous of my friends who got to eat pop tarts for breakfast and cheetoes with lunch. A delicious homemade meal usually elicits comments to the effect that she can buy “almost the same thing” frozen from Fareway. We could never have “fun” cereal. Bleah.). I haven’t used it, but so long as you don’t parcook it at all, it might be fine. And my teenager loved it. I was a little worried that the broccoli would be overcooked but it was perfect. Ooh this looks so good. I’ve been blessed with getting my rice from local folks, but this fall I’ll be trying the harvest via canoe myself. Just made for the first time. Hello – I am a big fan of your recipes (also the daughter of a woman who would never buy processed food, now the mother of a child who suffers the same terrible fate…), and am making this dish now. I must have spent a whole three hours putting things in my cart and then removing them. We couldn’t have sugary cereals (I sooo wanted Lucky Charms and was bitterly disappointed when I finally tried them at a friend’s house), we had orange juice and club soda instead of any of the delicious popular brands, we had whole wheat bread and natural peanut butter instead of white bread and Jif/Skippy/Peter Pan. My mum, on a pretty small budget and working, combined fresh and convenience. Okay, well this was freaking incredible! I made this for dinner last night except I used brown rice rather than wild rice. But it is true. Only what you’d like here; I usually do not. And I hear ya about a childhood sans sugary cereals. Looks so good! Or you can make extra rice and broccoli on purpose so you can make this dish the next day. You use sodium citrate to emulsify whatever cheese you want to have as your sauce and voila! Certain members of our family will only eat broccoli and rice if they arrive separately on his plate, thank you very much, and I cannot wait until he has a food blog one day to air these injustices, too. I am so happy I trusted you to perfect this dish! She overcooked almost everything but she did make a mean bread pudding, snow pudding, tapioca and delicious custard that my grandfather would bring to us when we were sick (always in a basket draped with a checkered cloth to keep it warm). I drained it well before hand. I can SO relate to this. We used extra-sharp white cheddar. The first time someone asked for butter for their rice I was astounded! I thought that maybe April Bloomfield had a great rabbit-inclusive recipe but now I cannot find reference to it. Then I bought it a few years ago and it did not hold up well at all. Forbidden foods? Maybe one day. The meal was nicely presentable, and dad didn’t even grumble about brown rice. Seriously delicious looking casserole and can see how this would be not only be a great side dish but a meal unto itself. Any particular brand of wild rice you recommend? I would have sworn you had a picture on your photo stream of you in a maternity dress, you looked so cute! Add flour and whisk until combined, cooking the butter-flour mixture for 1 to 2 minutes. I guess we won’t be having this for dinner. Well, most of us. We never used rice. No sugary cereals (although we were occassionally given the now hideous looking Kaboom with darkly colored clown faces and marshmellows), pop only came out at birthday parties (although my parents regularly drank it) same goes for potato chips and the like, OJ only when we ate out or when rarely when my mom made a hot breakfast (she was ahead of her time here). iImagine being the only kid with a ROUND sandwich. You might be giving me and this soup the side eye over the Swiss cheese, but I promise, it’s delicious. I am one of those crazy moms who doesn’t feed her kid so many things, too!! I used less cheddar (because it was all I had) and some parmesan as well, and 2% milk. Delicious, I also sauteed some mushrooms and chicken sausage and called it dinner. Bisquick pancakes with fake maple syrup, microwave popcorn, pop tarts, toaster strudels, gusher candies…the list goes on and on. Hmmm…I just made this and it looks and tastes WAY too cheesy. My family has a broccoli-cheese casserole dish that is both delicious and filled with all manner of artificial things and things that give you heart attacks. https://www.food.com/recipe/panera-broccoli-cheese-soup-150384 I am going to make this recipe for dinner using Kale because I have it on hand. Or graham crackers with peanut butter. Maybe for a potluck or something. This looks pretty yummy with the wild rice! Every week we had them. Sorry to repeat a previously asked questions but I couldn’t find your answer. Made the Lundberg Wild blend Rice in the microwave (1c rice, 1-3/4c water, 1tsp oil, salt. Thank you in advance, Deb! My vote for the wee one’s blog is “Smiter” or “The Smote”. I agree! This casserole looks perfect for no-meat day! We NEVER got the cool popcorn! 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