Yellow Squash Casserole - Picadilly Cafeteria

Submitted by Margie Brock

"We first had this at Picadilly Cafeteria some 20 years or more ago and fell in love with it. Had to do some smooth talking to get the recipe and adapted it for home use"

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 3 -4 cups yellow squash, cooked and drained
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 1⁄2 cup margarine
• 1⁄2 teaspoon celery seed
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
• 2 cups Ritz crackers (rolled in zip lok bag for crumbs)
• 1 cup grated cheddar cheese
• 1⁄4 cup bell pepper, chopped
• 3⁄4 cup onion, chopped

directions

1. Sauté onion and bell pepper in butter.
2. (You can use 2 tsp butter and enough water to sauté for a lower fat version) add squash and cook until heated through.
3. Remove from heat-adding celery seed, milk, sugar, salt, eggs and half of the cracker crumbs.
4. Pour into a greased casserole.
5. Top with cheese and the remaining cracker crumbs.
6. Bake at 375°F.

Reviews

[Chef Katfairykats]

This was quite delicious...just a tad sweet for me so will omit or reduce the sugar next time. I was so surprised by how good this was...thank you!

 

[highcotton]

Just plain GOOD home cookin'! I didn't measure, but I had 5 really large squash. It looked like a little more than called for, so I upped the onion to about a cup and the bell pepper to 1/2 - 3/4 cup, leaving 'custard' ingredients and seasonings the same. The texture was perfect! Everyone had second helpings, and one kid went back for thirds. They even asked if I could make a Tex-Mex version with jalapenos. Wow! I got more than I bargained for when I tried this recipe: an instant 'family favorite'! Thank you so very much for submitting this, Margie.

 

[Toni in Colorado]

Very good. I did not have any crackers so I subbed using the seasoned crumbs from Cornbread Stove Top Stuffing.

 

[itsnevrenough]

Very good!

 

[sandra in ky]

I just loved this recipe. I didn't have evaporated milk so I use 2% milk but I'm sure it is better Your way. I'll do it right next time. Sandra in Ky