{"id":8350,"date":"2026-06-21T13:34:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T17:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/?p=8350"},"modified":"2026-06-21T13:52:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T17:52:37","slug":"broccoli-rice-and-cheese-casserole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/2026\/06\/21\/broccoli-rice-and-cheese-casserole\/","title":{"rendered":"Broccoli rice and cheese casserole"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_6728-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_6728-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_6728-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_6728-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_6728-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_6728-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_6728-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 head fresh broccoli<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 medium onion, chopped<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/4 cup butter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tablespoon minced garlic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon mustard powder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon black pepper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 cup extra long-grain rice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 cups chicken or vegetable broth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/2 cup milk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 cups shredded cheddar cheese<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Saut\u00e9 onions in butter 2-3 minutes in a large skillet or wide saucepan (something wide with a fitted lid).&nbsp;<em>1 onion, 1\/2 stick butter<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meanwhile, cut 2 cups of broccoli florets from the fresh broccoli then set aside.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chop the remaining broccoli into pieces about 1\/2-inch in size then add to skillet with onions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add garlic, salt, mustard powder, pepper, cayenne and rice then continue cooking and stirring 3-5 minutes or until rice starts to brown.&nbsp;<em>1 Tbsp garlic, 1\/2 tsp each salt, mustard powder and pepper, 1\/4 tsp cayenne, 1 cup rice<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add broth and milk then bring to a boil, stirring occasionally with a fork. Once boiling, reduce heat to low (or wherever gets you a gentle boil) then cook, covered for 10 minutes.<em>&nbsp;2 c. broth, 1\/2 c. milk<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stir with a fork, scraping the bottom of the pan, then add reserved broccoli florets on top of rice. Cover immediately then continue cooking 10 minutes or until rice is tender.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stir in cheese then serve.&nbsp;<em>2 c. cheese<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1097,27],"tags":[68,252,162,583,28,220,688,209,56],"class_list":["post-8350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casserole-casserole","category-cheese","tag-broccoli","tag-broth","tag-butter","tag-cheddar","tag-garlic","tag-milk","tag-mustard-powder","tag-onion","tag-rice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8350"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8353,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8350\/revisions\/8353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}