What do you look forward to when you get back from a vacation? Is flying home on your birthday only to discover that you have to throw away everything in your fridge and freezer? Because that’s what I got. There were some bad storms in Michigan while I was gone and the power was out for several days. Silver lining: I missed having to go 3 days without electricity! Other than that, I had a great time and I’ll probably post some pictures later. I’m not usually one to carry a camera with me, so we didn’t take too many. Mostly of some adorable animals we saw while in Florida pre- and post- cruise.
I originally posted this cheesy rice and broccoli casserole on Hannah’s blog earlier this year. I put a placeholder on my blog directing would-be-eaters over there and it has been getting a LOT of traffic lately, presumably from vegans looking for a swap for a pretty common Thanksgiving casserole. Sadly, less than 20% were clicking the link to Hannah’s page to see the recipe. I’m not sure if it was just a matter of laziness, but I wanted everyone to see and eat this tasty casserole this holiday season! Okay, and I’m also feeling a little lazy — what do you cook when you have literally nothing in your fridge? Not even ketchup!
This recipe reminds me of Thanksgiving at my Grandma Koeppendoerfer’s house. Not just Thanksgiving. Someone would inevitably make this recipe for each of our monthly gatherings. While the original recipe is vegetarian, it involves canned condensed soup and is just not very healthy. I vegan-ed it up and it tastes even better. Pro Tip: This is amazing drizzled with buffalo sauce or hot sauce. If you aren’t feeling rice, this would work well with quinoa, riced cauliflower, and even couscous. You could also cut the amount of broccoli in half and add cauliflower, carrots, Brussels sprouts, any veggie your heart desires.
Tagged with: Casserole • Dairy Free • Egg Free • Gluten Free • Hidden Veggies • Nut Free • Party Food • Potluck • Side Dish • Soy Free • Thanksgiving • Vegan • Vegetarian
We loved this casserole! In fact, next time I need to double the recipe as our very hungry 18 year old ate over half by himself! I only subbed onion for mushrooms because we didn’t have any. This recipe is a keeper- thank you!!
Glad you like it!
This looks really good! I have to admit, I really like nutritional yeast but haven’t found many casseroles or mac and cheese recipes that I love. This looks soo delicious and I think I have to give it a try because there are other ingredients in there to bulk it up so it’s not just “cheese”. It looks so good I bet my meat loving husband would like it! Also I love your place mat!
Thanks, Annie. I’m not normally a big fan of casseroles that JUST have nutritional yeast — too much and the flavor gets a little weird for me. I think having mushrooms and broccoli really rounds it out.
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You forgot to mention what to do with the liquid smoke
Add it at the same time as the soy sauce/liquid aminos 🙂
I just made this recipe (taking to family for Christmas tomorrow) and wanted to thank you for creating it! I love that everything is pretty much “pre-cooked” so the cook can take what she wants as a treat beforehand, lol! It’s absolutely delicious and it’s my new go-to side dish for when I am invited to a dinner. Thanks so much!
Sorry for my slow response, Sheree. I’m SO glad you liked it! Love getting comments like these 🙂
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Yay! I found your blog and I’m going to make this! Im going to try it with quinoa. Let me know if you have a good recipe for “cheesy” potatoes.
After we talked about cheesy potatoes, they’re all I can think about! I’ll have to work on a recipe
Yessssss!
I’m attempting to make this but I do not have turmeric, will this ruin the meal if I leave it out?
Not one bit! Tumeric is there mainly to give it more of an orange cheesey color. Let me know how it turns out!
Three days without power? Don’t tell my ex boyfriend I said this, but dude, when I was with him and his family would lose power at their house, they flipped their crap. Not because it was inconvenient, dangerous, or whatever.. but because they didn’t have TV or access to internet to play computer games. I’m not even kidding! Whereas I was over there screaming “SAVE THE FOOD!!” Haha. This is the PERFECT meal to cozy up to after a traumatic power outage… or a life-saving breakup, ahaha 🙂
While they were distracted with electronics, I hope you snuck to the freezer and ate all the ice cream before they even had a chance.
Ahh, three days without power! I know what that is like. NOT FUN. And throwing away food totally sucks, too. This past summer we had a power outage and everything in our freezer started melting – but it was the best excuse for us to eat half a tub of mint chocolate chip ice cream; I mean, it was melting. And you can’t throw away ice cream, right? haha.
This casserole looks so good! Sadly I’m intolerant of real cheese, so this dish is sounding perfect right now!
Pinning!
Gah I hate having to throw things away! Boo. But yay to this casserole!! Total comfort food.
This looks like the perfect pre and post thanksgiving day meal. Something thats both warm and comforting but also healthy. Fabulous job!