Southern-Style Vegetable Casserole
- Yield 6 servings
Fresh vegetables are combined with sour cream and cream of mushroom soup and then baked to perfection.
You can make your own cream sauce using 2 percent milk instead of using the canned soup.
Ingredients
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 -- green bell pepper, cored, seeded and chopped
- 1 -- red bell pepper, cored, seeded and chopped
- 2 cups chopped broccoli
- 2 cups sliced mushrooms
- 1 -- (11-ounce) can white or yellow corn, drained
- 1/2 cup shredded low-fat sharp cheddar cheese
- 1 -- (8-ounce) container fat free sour cream
- 1 -- (10.75-ounce) can cream of mushroom or cream of celery soup
- 2 cups melted butter, margarin or soy margarine
- 2 cups crushed Ritz crackers or saltines
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- -- Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- In a nonreactive large bowl, combine onions, peppers, broccoli, mushrooms, corn, cheese, sour cream and canned soup. Mix well and spoon into a 2-quart casserole.
- In another small bowl, combine butter, crackers, paprika, salt and pepper.
- Sprinkle crumb mixture evenly over casserole and bake, uncovered, 30 minutes until golden brown and crusty.
