Yummy Broccoli Casserole!

    For as long as I can remember at holidays and family gatherings alike, my mom has made this recipe for a delish broccoli casserole! She acquired the recipe from my aunt, tweaked it a bit and passed the recipe on to me. So now I make broccoli casseroles for get togethers and holidays and they're still a big hit. Even my kids love this recipe for broccoli casserole. So why not share with the world this yummy recipe.


So here are the ingredients:
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 small onion (minced)
1/3 c milk
4 oz velveeta cheese (or as much or little as you like)
6 crowns of broccoli (prepacked broccoli or frozen can be used.)
3 packs Ritz crakers (crushed, divided in half)
8 Tbsp butter (melted)


Spray one 13x9 casserole dish with a non-stick cooking spray. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.


For crust and topping, mix half the butter in each part of crushed Ritz crackers. Spread one half of crackers in bottom of casserole dish for crust. 


Rinse and cut broccoli crowns. Steam or boil until fork tender (or whatever texture you like). Set aside.


Combine both soups, onion, and milk in a large sauce pan. bring to a boil, making sure to stir often so that you do not burn the mixture.  Once boiling add cheesed stirring constantly until cheese is melted.


Spread broccoli over crust then pour soup mixture evenly over the broccoli. Now sprinkle remaining cracker butter mix over the casserole. Bake the casserole uncovered until soup bubbles. Let cool ten minutes and serve.


  You can lighten the recipe by using low sodium, heart healthy soups, 2% velveeta, the lower fat crackers and skim milk. It tastes just as great.  
     This recipe usually goes fast at most of the places we bring it to. You can even tweak it to make it a one pan dinner. Add turkey or chicken and extra veggies and you have a full course! If you have a variation on this recipe let me know! I'd love to try some new things with it! Enjoy!