Mushroom Casserole Recipe

This week is all about menu planning in action! Be sure to check out the post about it HERE. Todays recipe will serve about 8 people and was adapted from 101 Cookbooks.

Mushroom Casserole right out of the oven!

Spoonful of casserole ready to eat!

What you'll need

• Knife
• Cutting board
• Measuring cups and spoons
• Medium - large baking dish (9x9)
• Mixing bowl
• Mixing spoon
• Skillet
• Whisk

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound (8 ounces) brown mushrooms, cleaned and chopped
• 1 large onion, well chopped
• 3 cloves of garlic finely chopped
• 3 cups cooked wild rice, room temperature
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup cottage cheese
• 1/2 cup light sour cream
• 1/2 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
• 1/3 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
• a bit of fresh tarragon, chopped

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350F degrees. Rub a medium-large baking dish with a bit of olive oil or butter and set aside.
2. In a large skillet over medium-high heat sauté the mushrooms in a tablespoon of olive oil sprinkled with a couple pinches of salt. Stir every minute or so until the mushrooms have released their liquid and have browned a bit.
3. Then add the onions and cook for another 4 or 5 minutes or until they are translucent. Stir in the garlic and cook for another minute and remove from heat.
4. Add the rice to the skillet and stir until combined.
5. In a medium bowl whisk together the eggs, cottage cheese, sour cream, and salt.
6. Combine the rice mixture and cottage cheese mixture in a large bowl and stir until well combined. Then pout the mixture into your prepared baking dish.
7. Sprinkle with 2/3 of the parmesan cheese, cover with foil and place in the oven for 30 minutes.
8. Remove the foil and bake for another 20 or 30 minutes more or until the casserole is hot throughout and golden along the edges. 
9. Sprinkle with the chopped tarragon and the remaining parmesan cheese. 

Since this weeks recipe was menu planning in action we made these 6 different recipes together and have NO left over ingredients!

• Gluten Free Corn Muffins
• Colorful Fruit Salad
• Butternut Squash Bibb Lettuce Salad with Avocado Dressing
• Vegetable Soup with Buffalo
• Mushroom Casserole
• Salmon with a Dry Rub

Click on any of the above to see the recipe on how to make it and as always feel free to leave questions or comments below!