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Broccoli and Greek Rice Recipe

Written by Published on Updated on June 2, 2019 in Side Dish, Vegetables

Hello!!! I hope everyone is doing well and getting ready for Thanksgiving, which is just a few days away.  Since it is a American Holiday that means that here in NL it is a normal working day and everyone I know will be working. 🙁 What I decided to do is to celebrate Thanksgiving a bit later this year, this of course would be nice if I am able to find Turkey in the market in my area. (which is close to impossible)  If not it doesn’t really matter we will still be celebrating with a few side dishes, appetizers, salads.

I guess you might have noticed that the featured image I have posted is what the dish looked liked before baking, right??  Well, this is what happened, everything was going smoothly I had finished topping the Soufflé with the breadcrumbs, and as I picked up the baking pan and was heading for the oven that’s when it happened I DROPPED IT!!!  Yep, it just went PUFFF!!! POUW!!! BAM all over the kitchen floor 🙁

All that work and it was on the floor ufffff 🙁  so, I sat down for a few minutes and just looked at it and well got upset and frustrated but then I noticed that Charlie who was in the living was heading towards me.  So, I had to get up and clean the mess up before he headed over and started to who knows maybe eat it????  But as I was starting to  get up what he actually did was just sat next to me and we were both looking at the mess on the floor. 🙂 So, eventually I started to clean up and  I could see him stretching his neck, a few sniffs here and there, a few licks,  but he is such a good dog he sat there watching me the whole time without making a move. 🙂

So, I am only human, and well these things do happen to all of us.   I will definitely make this recipe very soon and I do hope the second time around I do not drop it.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!! 🙂

BROCCOLI AND GREEK RICE RECIPE

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 Broccoli Head chopped
  • 1 1/2 cups Long Grain Rice
  • 1 cup Vegetable Broth
  • 1/4 cup Greek Yogurt
  • 1/2 cup Milk
  • 1/4 cup Heavy Cream
  • 2 Fresh Scallions diced
  • 2 cups Parmesan Cheese
  • 1 cup Cheddar Cheese
  • 1/4 cup Italian Seasoned Breadcrumbs
  • Salt & Pepper

Instructions
 

  • Start off by boiling the broccoli for about 5 minutes and rice (normal cooking timseparately. Set aside when done to cool off.
  • In a large bowl add in all the ingredients (except for the broccoland stir.
  • The next step is to add in the broccoli and stir very slowly. Place the mixture in a baking pan and top with the breadcrumbs and cheese. Bake at 180 degrees or until golden brown.

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Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

14 Comments

  1. Lisa@LismorePaper/SimplePleasuresJournal
    November 16, 2018 at 10:27 am  ·  Reply

    Oh do I know this feeling, its happened to me more than once! This sounds wonderful and makes such a wonderful addition to Thanksgiving! 😍💗

  2. Megala
    November 16, 2018 at 11:17 am  ·  Reply

    Wonderful rice dish! Love this delicious cheesy rice loaded with nutrients.

  3. bakingintheburbs
    November 16, 2018 at 12:06 pm  ·  Reply

    Last week, I dropped a tray full of cookies into my freezer. They fell underneath the drawer so I had take out the drawer and its contents in order to retrieve my cookies and the tray. Lol 😂 Your recipe sounds great and I’m glad that you posted it because it would be worth making. Yummy!

  4. Diana Tyler (la muse excentrique) ☕
    November 16, 2018 at 12:19 pm  ·  Reply

    This is a great rice dish, Sophie! I’ll have to bookmark this one, but it’s so hard to get broccoli here!

  5. Jyo
    November 16, 2018 at 5:50 pm  ·  Reply

    Nice rice dish Sophie….I m a huge fan of rice dishes 😊

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