Cheesy Broccoli Quinoa Casserole

Cheesy Broccoli Quinoa Casserole is a modernized, from-scratch version of a classic holiday casserole. Impress your family this year by bringing this to the table instead.

Growing up, we all have our favorite holiday side dishes. My two favorites we green bean casserole and broccoli rice cheese casserole. Both are laden with cans of cream of something, and in the case of the latter, a whole jar of cheez-whiz. To this day, if someone makes either of those casseroles, I can’t resist them. There’s something nostalgic about the processed taste that just takes me back to my childhood.

But now that I’m an adult and Hubby and I enjoy cooking and making things from scratch, it’s time to grow up and turn these classic casseroles on their head. I’ve already found a homemade green bean casserole recipe that I adore (thanks to the brilliant work of Alton Brown). When I saw this recipe for a quinoa-instead-of-rice, real-shredded-cheese-instead-of-cheez-whiz, and homemade-cream-of-something-soup-instead-of-canned, I knew I had to try it.

What I didn’t realize is how much I would love it! While I was whisking the homemade cream of mushroom soup portion of the recipe, I literally could not stop myself from sneaking little tastes. Over and over again.

This recipe isn’t punch you in the face cheesey like it’s semi-homemade version, so next time I might add a smidge more cheese to the recipe.

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