Nov 21, 2007
Bossy’s Family Has A Dirty Little (Thanksgiving) Secret.
What’s green and light green and green all over? Bossy’s Thanksgiving recipe that her whole family adores even though there’s not a nutrient in it!
Sure, some of you are all Celery Root Bisque with Shitake Mushrooms—but Bossy will see your Amuse Bouche and raise you one Amuse.
Meet Bossy’s Broccoli Casserole:
The first thing you want to do is carefully prep your broccoli:
And then you need to prepare the other ingredients:
And now take your one real live food and peel and dice it:
Meanwhile from time to time, check the progress of your main ingredient:
And now it’s time to measure-out your dairy. You will need precisely one cup:
When your broccoli is tender and your preposition is at the end of your sentence, drain it well. Next add all the remaining ingredients to the pot:
After the ingredients are thoroughly combined, transfer to a buttered casserole dish. Sprinkle with breadcrumbs and grated parmesan cheese and dot with heart attack more butter.
Happy Thanksgiving to the best readers reader in the Blogowebosphere.
Bossy’s broccoli casserole is one step healthier than my mom’s pearl onion soup, complete with onions, butter and cream. Yummmmm! Happy Thanksgiving!
This is perfect! I wanted to contribute a nice dish to the Thanksgiving feast tomorrow, without stepping on the hostess’ toes…
One question, when do I add the jar of chocolate milk (rear/right in the picture). Is that the dairy?
I’m sure this will be a hit and guarantee future invites….Thanks, Bossy
Yumm. Now I know what my contribution to thanksgiving will be.
Funny! I love anything that is creamy and buttery and will send me immediately into cardiac arrest.
Anything with Campbell’s soup and cheese works for me. The only thing that could make this dish more perfect is the addition of a potato.
Happy Thankgiving, Bossy. If there is any of that casserole left over, please save it for DG.
And I thought ACME products were only purchased by Wile E. Coyote! (I’ve never seen the two of you together…) Here’s to hoping nothing explodes! Thank you for the belly laughs, Bossy, and Happy Thanksgiving!
BOSSY owns lots of mayo.
P.S. I put your bitchin i am bossy t-shirt on my Christmas list. Have you ever been to Kaboodle.com? I know, it sounds like the makeup cases Target sold in the early 90s, but it’s a super cool site where you can bookmark things you want from anywhere in the world!
I’m not being paid to write this, I just think it’s rad.
If it’s got mayo, you know it’s gotta be good.
This is the kind of casserole I was raised on. Being married to a Russian, I now get a little mopey around Thanksgiving, since his folks usually come with dried herring (heads still on) and gray-colored aspic with hard boiled eggs floating in it. Aspic = boiled beef lard and gelatin, a/k/a meat jello.
Right back atcha, Bossy!
I’m going to try it. I will have you to thank … or blame =)
Happy Thanksgiving to Bossy and her Bossetts
Mmmm! I love casseroles like that. I make a green bean/corn/butter/sour cream/cream of mushroom soup/ritz cracker/cheddar cheese/slivered almonds recipe that probably tastes very similar. I am drooling just thinking about it! We have it at every holiday meal. Or whenever we feel the urge to clog our arteries a little more. Whichever comes first.
I didn’t know that Campbell’s soup had a pull top.
This cannot be Bossy’s family’s ONLY dirty little secret…
At least the your broccoli casserole uses *real* cheese. The one that my officemates LOVE and make be bring in for every potluck consists of frozen broccoli and canned cheddar soup (gelatinous! and delicious!) with stuffing on top. Only processed food-like products allowed.
Seeing the ACME cheese made my day.
Happy Giving Thanks, Bossy!
I serve the Green Bean Casserole glop every year because my hubby likes it, and it doesn’t have any “real” food in it either… not even a real onion… We all have our dirty little secrets…
Oh Bossy, I would invite you over if you were closer. And you could make your casserole and bring it and I would LOVE it and eat it with great relish, ACME cheese and all.
I guess that ‘put it all in a pot’ caserole stuff is a cold country thing? (I did notice the brocolli jumped pots between pics). Was this a practise run, or shots from last year?
Thank you for edjumacating us.
To joeinvegas:
I think the brocolli thaws in the first stainless steel bowl…then it goes in the big pot, joining all the other processed foods.
I am guessing since this is Bossy’s recipe..but that’s how I’m gonna do it.
That’s some good cookin’ Bossy. Somehow I don’t see this in Martha’s magazine.
You could give Rachael Ray lessons, Bossy! Happy T-Day!
I can’t believe you use store bought mayo.
Mayonnaise? Ick! Everything else? YUM!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy T-Day to Bossy and all my fellow comment community members. Around 9:30 a.m. almost every weekday, I am thankful for each and every one of you!
Have a Happy Thanksgiving Bossy.
I would like to go to your cooking school. Have a great holiday!
That looks pretty darn good. And I’m coveting your measuring cups. My mom does all the heavy lifting on Turkey day; I’m pecan pie girl. Happy Thanksgiving, Bossy and family!
Is it okay if we replace the broccoli with pot?
Is it okay if we replace the broccoli with more cheese?
The broccoli seems like a filler.
I love the ACME cheese too. That is aweSOME.
Even though I don’t condone it, it’s nice to see that you know what Mayo really is. Hellman’s and not Miracle Whop.
And, to an earlier poster, Target still sells the Caboodles! They are quite awesome.
I love you all, you might have to come on my next scrapbooking weekend!!!
Are you telling me that after your wonderful broccoli post you are going to use frozen broccoli in your casserole?
That looks quite tasty!
My favorite was “if it is still box shaped, it’s not done”
Awesome!
I feel my arteries slamming shut in protest. Damn them, damn them both.
And I will eat this on a train!
And I will eat this in the rain!
And I will eat this on a boat!
And I will eat this with a goat!
No, I won’t. Happy Throgsgaffen, Miss Bossy, and all of you whose comments make me snort coffee up my nose.
That kitchen counter is missing a half empty bottle of wine.
I can’t believe nobody has mentioned Ree’s blog here. This is just way too funny for words. How about starting a Bossy Cooks blog?!
Bossy, I’ve been reading and laughing at your blog for months, but I don’t think I’ve ever commented. Happy Thanksgiving.
to Not June Cleaver:
Comparing Bossy to Ree is like comparing fish to salmon.
Thanks Bossy-my sister doesn the green bean casserole thingy with the crunchy toasty onions in a can on top. Happy Thanksgiving!
But you handcrafted the casserole dish yourself, right?
Didn’t you skip a step? Where were the Jolly Ranchers?
Happy Thanksgiving to you, Bossy
Didn’t you skip a step? Where were the Jolly Ranchers?
Happy Thanksgiving to you, Bossy
Fer chrissake, Acme cheese? Isn’t that what the Wile E. Coyote tried to kill the Road Runner with?
can i come for thanksgiving…i’m so sad to be an american in canada tomorrow…
Nice! I fear broccoli like others fear snakes, but I cracked up regardless.
a real live food!
If it’s still box shaped, it’s not done. Hee. Happy Thanksgiving.
Yum Bossy.
Reminds me of Susan Stanberg (sp?) mama’s cranberry relish recipe. Colors not known to nature and all… You should be on NPR, seriously.
Happy Thanksgiving to the Bossy clan.
Not June Cleaver & Janice in TX-
Y’all don’t know Bossy taught Ree how to cook and how to use photoshop?
Happy Thanksgiving to all of the Bossys.
From a reader who gives thanks that Bossy is there to make her laugh.
I knew ACME made heavy-duty weaponry for catching road-runners, but cheddar?
Happy Thanksgiving Day, whatever that is.
Is Bossy aware that some grocery stores sell the onion ALREADY CHOPPED? Thus the only thing you would need that pesky knife for us… well, you won’t actually need it.
I’m thankful for the chuckles Bossy spreads to me through the blogwebosphere!
This reminds me of another food blog and yet…I can’t…quite…place…it….
I’d eat that.
Happy T-day, Bossy!
That’s about the weirdest combination of ingredients that Shannon ever saw. Mayo and frozen broccoli?! With mushroom soup?!
Also, while we’re on broccoli, is America out of the fresh stuff? I keep seeing frozen boxes around the blogosphere, which is a new and disconcerting experience for me. Does it taste the same?
I make the exact same thing…almost. The only difference in mine is that I top it with crushed Ritz Crackers and butter instead of bread crumbs. Try it, you’ll like it.
Bossy! You stole my best broccoli casserole recipe. I can’t believe it. But I crush cheese crackers and put them on top. Pah to bread crumbs. Not nearly enough calories.
Have a good thanksgiving all you TURKEYS.
Hey, it wouldn’t be Thanksgiving if there was anything healthy on the menu, right?
bossy, you’ve finally done it. you’ve made me laugh so hard, i think i’m having an asthma attack.
i love bossy
oh and happy gobble gobble
Yum! I am totally going to try this.
Happy Thanksgiving, Bossy. I’m grateful that I get to enjoy your sense of humor.
XO
Oh yeah… mine is just frozen broccoli, VELVEETA, butter and Ritz! Amuse Bouche that!
At some point does the involve dipping?
I lurves to dip.
this, gah.
Looks delish.
Have a lovely day, Bossy.
“If it’s still box shaped … it’s not done.”
Words to live by.
(Gratuitous prepositional ending happily unintended.)
Move over, Martha!!!!
Looks pretty delicious if I do say so. I’m not a huge broccoli fan, but this I could do.
Happy Turkey Day!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!!!!!!
(yes, I yelled it. Mwah!)
Happy Thanksgiving, Bossy! Have a great one.
BG
wow. this makes that classic artichoke, mayonnaise, and parmesan dip look like health food!!!! have a great thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to you dear. Although I hope you forgive me if I don’t use your recipe.
gobble gobble… Happy Turkey Day!!
Golly! I’m not familiar with that brand of cheese! I could have sworn it said ‘acne’?
Cheers
Dan wishes Bossy a Happy Thanksgiving and stuff. And stuffing too.
Wow! Fancy! Looks deelish.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Bossy, bossy, bossy….
too funny….(thoughts of the pioneer woman strangely come to mind)
let’s hear it for heart attacks…
oops, i mean butter!
and mayo!
I have a similar recipe, but mine involves the jumbo size block of velveeta, and no mayo…yick.
Hope you had a good nap after all that food…
That looks like the best darn ensemble of yummy food product I’ve ever seen. What a tradition. but I’m a mayo lover so of course I would say that. Happy T’Giving!
Oh my sweet lord that looks DELISH.
But you didn’t actually eat it, right?
This is like a recipe I would make up if I were doing a Midwestern Cookbook parody.
Except at some point you would have to fry it.
Gee you Americans have a lot to learn about cheese!!
Still looks good though!
Oooo, dat looks good. I’m gonna make it and bring it at Christmas, when everyone thinks I’m bringing salad. Surprise!!
Bossy,
Did you OD on turkey and broccoli casserole? Where are you? I need my bossy fix, and am waiting for the update on Bert
Happy Thanksgiving,
kim
Oh yum, yum, this reminds me of the casserole my brother and I begged for every T-day of the 1970s: frozen slivered “French style” green beans, a can of cream of mushroom soup, and on top, those freeze-dried bread-crumbed onions from the vacuum-sealed can (pop!). My mom would never get the canned cranberry sauce you could dump out so it stayed proudly can-shaped in the bowl, though; she had a rockin’ red jello, Tang, frozen cranberry, and orange peel number instead.
OK Bossy, the Holiday’s over. Post another!
;-}
Ok, I’m getting a bit worried about Bossy.
Can that casserole cause a cholesterol induced coma?
real food is overrated. box-shaped food will be the next food-on-a-stick. mark my words.
Comment #85?
“When your broccoli is tender and your preposition is at the end of your sentence, drain it well. Next add all the remaining ingredients to the pot:”
Not to be pedant, but isn’t it “drain it good?”
ACME makes white sharp cheddar? What doesn’t ACME make?
Pedestrian my big foot. I got some Arnaud’s (real fancy restaurant in New Orleans) recipes that are just like that, they use frozen vegetables all the time and they charge $30 a plate for it in the French Quarter.
That’s IT, I got it, I’m opening a Bossy’s New Orleans!!! Let me know where to send the first check.
Catching up and stopping by to give you some sh*t in an insider, private joke kind of way and here it goes… (are you ready?)
Here it is…
Uh… is this a Pioneer Woman guest post.
Oh, I kill me.
Missed your silliness… glad to be back.
Oh this is a treasure for sure! I love the Organic Mayo right next to the good old fashioned Hellmann’s. And the boxy broccoli… priceless. I bet it’s darn tasty though!
what a nice, light dish!
I found this:
http://acmecheese.com
Go figure.
That looks fantastic! I wish I’d seen it before planning my menu and grocery shopping. I plan on making it for Christmas, though. Thanks!