Thursday, January 31, 2008

Broccoli and Cheese Casserole

C-Fresh's mom sent me this recipe from his childhood for a broccoli and cheese casserole. Quick, easy, cheap and yummy!

Ingredients:
Instant Rice = 2 cups dry
frozen broccoli = 2 boxes or more if you want- thawed
stick of butter -melted
1 can -cream of mushroom
1can -cream of celery
milk -use one of the cans full
grated cheddar cheese - I use a whole small chunk

Directions
mix all together --bake 350 - 45 min.

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Greens

I am going to try out a new recipe for Collard Greens tonight. I found it in a back issue of a magazine laying around the house (imagine that). Hopefully it'll turn out yummy. That is the hard thing about experimenting with new recipes because you spend all that money buying the ingredients then take the time to make it and you aren't even sure you are going to like it. That is also the joy though, when you com on that one really great, unexpected, surprisingly good recipe.

Monday, January 7, 2008

Winter Greens and Potato Casserole

This weekend when it was cold and blustery out I made a recipe C-Fresh had sent to me for Winter Greens and Potato Casserole. I have been intrigued by the whole greens thing (kale, collards, mustard, turnip greens) but have not yet explore cooking with them much. I was surprised at how good this tasted and how easy it was to make. The full original recipe is here .

Of course I did have to modify it a little bit. The grocery store that I went to did not have mustard greens so I had to buy canned. Two 14oz cans should do you just fine for this (it was also cheaper to buy the canned because each can was only 52 cents but a pound of kale was $1.99). Also you can use whatever cheese you want. If you have leftover mozzarella that would work really well too. I also chopped up three cloves of garlic and threw it in with the onions just to add a bit more spice.