Broccoli and cream cheese with almonds has been a Thanksgiving tradition in our family for over 40 years. Easy to double. A favorite at family gatherings.
Step: 1
Preheat an oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease an 8x8 inch baking dish.
Step: 2
Pour 1 or 2 tablespoons of water into a saucepan, and bring to a boil. Place the broccoli florets and chopped broccoli into the saucepan with the water, cover, and cook over medium heat until thawed, about 5 minutes. Drain off the water, and stir the cream cheese into the hot broccoli. Spread the broccoli mixture into the prepared baking dish.
Step: 3
Mix the bread crumbs with butter in a bowl, and spread over the broccoli in an even layer. Sprinkle the top with almonds, and bake in the preheated oven until the top is browned and the dish is bubbling, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Per Serving: 363 calories; protein 10.7g; carbohydrates 21.4g; fat 27.3g; cholesterol 61.4mg; sodium 325.1mg.
One of most obvious way to choose a side dish is to caught at your main dish (pasta, chicken, seared tofu) and choose something different. If you’re cooking pasta, go for a simple healthy dish . Making steak? Go for more light. If you’re want to cooking stir-fry with rice, it must not a best idea to also make a rice salad.
This also can apply to cooking method . You don’t want to overcommit your oven by making to do list three dishes at once in there, or be rounding four pans on the cooking items . But often you can made a dish do double-duty .