![]() 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 have zero regrets we were too busy eating it to consider how heretical it might be. ![]() Lacking warm memories that would anchor my plans to the original iteration of the dish, I instead made this, a wild rice casserole with broccoli and, yes, cheddar cheese sauce, broiled until crisp on top. And this here is my way (published on an internet website no less!) which is to say, look, I totally failed. “I guarantee it will be disappointing.”įeh, I say, let people cook however they want. “Google ‘broccoli casserole’ and make the first recipe you find,” he challenged. And it would be journalistically irresponsible for me not to mention that the dish was called out by name by Cook’s Illustrated founder Chris Kimball in a New York Times op-ed in the days after my beloved Gourmet magazine folded as an example of the web failing to live up to its promise. One friend gushed that it was the only way he’d eat broccoli growing up, another asked me to please bring it back in style, but the girl at the coffee shop this morning said it “smelled disgusting and was often made with Cheez-Whiz,” (sigh, another magical food on the Denied list). That said, among people I’ve interrogated, reviews are mixed. Unfamiliar with the dish, I asked around and it turns out, I really do seem the only person who has never had it. Childhood was tough! Even now as (theoretically) an adult, I routinely hear about wondrous foods that I have never even once experienced, such as the broccoli-cheese casserole that someone (was it you?) requested I try my hand at earlier this year. Word to the wise: Be sure to make enough to go around-and then some.Although my parents claim to have loved us, there were all sorts of delicious foods that my sister and I knew our friends got to eat in their homes that we were denied in our own, glorious meal-like substances such as shake-and-bake chicken, hamburger helpers, sugar cereals with colorful marshmallows, and popcorn in that thing that unspirals itself and expands in the oven, like, whoa. Each and every one will get your guests " ooh"-ing and " aah"-ing from the first to the last bite. What's more, if you happen to be hosting guests anytime soon and are looking for a fabulous brunch recipe, there's really no better (or tastier) conversation starter than one of these casserole recipes. Big fan of cheese? You're in the right place! Love bacon and sausage? We've got you covered there as well. Plus, not only do tater tot casseroles incorporate everyone's favorite freezer-friendly potato staple into a decadent breakfast casserole, but they can also be customized with add-ons and substitutions to fit the needs of your family. Think hash browns, but with a surprising, out-of-the-ordinary twist. If you've never heard of tater tot casseroles, get ready to have your taste buds rocked! Most Midwesterners are already aware of these mouthwatering dishes, but if you're unfamiliar, all you have to know about these quirky, potato-based dishes is that they are just as delicious and hearty as their name makes them sound.
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