Maria’s Rice Casserole

ingredients

1 large onion, chopped

2 sticks butter (salted)
1 cup white rice (uncooked; Uncle Ben’s)
2 10 oz pkgs frozen chopped broccoli
1 can cream of mushroom soup (Campbell’s; 10.75)
1 lb of American cheese (Kraft)
1 cup milk (2%)
1 and ¼ sleeves of Ritz crackers

directions

1. Boil water and cook rice and broccoli in two separate sauce pans
2. Cook onion with 1 stick of butter in a large sauce pan
3. Throw in cooked rice and all of the cheese, stirring well to melt. Shut of the heat as cheese is
melting to avoid sticking to the pan.
4. Throw in cream of mushroom soup, milk, and the cooked broccoli and continue to stir.
5. Pour mixture into casserole pan
6. Crush Ritz crackers in a bag, then mix with 1 stick of butter
7. Cover rice/broccoli/cheese mixture with the crushed crackers
8. Bake at 375 degrees for 45 min

cal fat chol(mg) carbs pro

cheese 1,502 111 290 38 89
ritz 560 32 - 70 7
CoM soup 259 18 - 21 5
broccoli 71 - - 11 6
butter 1,600 176 480 - -
onion 68 - - 18 2
milk (2%) 130 5 20 13 8
rice 205 0 - 45 4
Total 4,395 342 790 215 121