Cheesy Wild Rice Casserole

Submitted by beckerd

"This is a different easy rice dish that goes good with roasted meats. If you want another way to use spinach then this recipe would be for you."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 8-10

ingredients

• 1 (6 ounce) package long grain and wild rice blend
• 1 (4 ounce) can sliced mushrooms, drained
• 2 1⁄2 cups water
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach
• 3⁄4 cup chopped onion
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• 2 teaspoons prepared mustard
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 8 ounces cream cheese, cut into cubes

directions

1. In a 2 qt casserole dish, combine rice mix and seasoning packet with mushrooms.
2. In a medium saucepan, combine water, spinach, onion, butter, mustard, and nutmeg.
3. Bring to boiling; remove from heat.
4. Stir; pour over rice mixture.
5. Stir in cream cheese.
6. Bake, covered in a 375 degree oven for 20 minutes.
7. Stir mixture.
8. Cover;bake 15-20 minutes more or until rice is tender.
9. Stir again.
10. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Reviews

[stormylee]

This is soo rich and yummy! Instead of a seasoning packet (we don't have rice mixes here!), I used Recipe #26251. I'm not too fond of mushrooms, so I used sliced water chestnuts, which added some nice crunch! Also omitted the butter. A fabulous side dish - I will definitely try this as a main dish too by adding cooked & seasoned chicken bits... Mmm! Thank you very much for sharing!

 

[L.A. Stewart]

THIS was fabulous! But...I kinda "doctored" it up a bit. Instead of canned mushrooms, I used sliced sundried tomatoes in oil, jarred artichoke hearts, and shrimp to make it more of a dinner. And then at the last five minutes, I topped with grated parm and cheddar and broiled. MMmmm! Thank you so much for sharing such a delicious and easy recipe!!! LA :-)