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Creamy Celery Casserole

SUBMITTED BY: Michele O'Sullivan

"Celery, hardly heard of as a baked dish, is surprisingly tasty in this side dish."
PREP TIME  20 Min
COOK TIME  20 Min
READY IN  40 Min
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Original recipe yield: 8 servings
    
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INGREDIENTS

  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 4 cups thinly sliced celery
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 (4.5 ounce) can chopped mushrooms, drained
  • 2 tablespoons chopped green bell peppers
  • 1 (2 ounce) jar chopped pimento peppers
  • 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
  • 1 cup soft bread crumbs
  • 2 tablespoons butter, melted

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat, and cook celery until tender, about 5 minutes. Move celery aside, and mix in flour and salt. Pour in milk, and mix all ingredients, stirring constantly, until thickened.
  3. Stir mushrooms, green bell peppers and pimento peppers into mixture. Mix in cheese, and stir until melted.
  4. In a small bowl, blend bread crumbs and butter. Transfer the celery mixture to a medium baking dish, and sprinkle with the bread crumb mixture. Bake 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly browned.
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Reviewed on Oct. 26, 2003 by CAROLINE KIM
Since I was the first to try this recipes, I felt compelled to jot a few things down! I really dislike the taste of celery, but decided to try it, and it was suprisingly phenomenal for a celery recipe. However, I did substitute a couple things that really improved and masked the celery taste. I used shitake mushrooms instead of regular ones and added red peppers instead of green peppers. I also omitted the butter to make it lower in calories and fat! The flour, milk and cheese make this side dish creamy. And the thick bread cumb layer really adds something. Give it a whirl, you won't be disappointed!

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Reviewed on Oct. 26, 2003 by SEAWAKIM
Who would want to be caught dead making celery for dinner. What's for dinner? Celery casserole.....LOL! My family would run out the door. Well, but I have leftover celery all the time and never know what to do with it. I thought I'd try this recipe and found it to be really tasty. When my husband heard what it was made of it shocked him but he still thought it tastes great. Who would've thought....? I really have to say, I'll be making this again and again. What a pleasant surprise!

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Reviewed on Jun. 22, 2005 by RATKIN412
This was very good. I made a vegan version of this recipe. I cooked the celery until it was soft and I substituted oil for the butter, 1c soy milk for the milk, 3/4c nutrtional yeast for the cheese, and some finely chopped rice idilis for the bread. Next time I will use 1/2 c nutritional yeast and 1/2c water instead of the cheese (as mine was a little too thick). This recipe turned out creamy and satisfying. It was very good.

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Michele O'Sullivan
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Cooking Level: Expert
Home Town: San Diego, California, USA
Living In: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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NUTRITION INFORMATION

Servings Per Recipe: 8

Amount Per Serving

Calories: 226

  • Total Fat: 14.8g
  • Cholesterol: 41mg
  • Sodium: 713mg
  • Total Carbs: 16.7g
  •     Dietary Fiber: 1.8g
  • Protein: 7.4g

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