Cheesy Broccoli Casserole Recipe
Do your kids ask you this question: “Mom, can you teach me how to cook?” My five-year-old son did and looked at me hopefully. Maybe my habit of binge-watching cooking shows had started to rub off.
Let’s make a cheesy broccoli casserole
With our busy days, making dinner is another chance for us to spend time together as a family. So I decided to make this Cheesy Broccoli Casserole. It is so creamy and delicious. Plus, you can get kids involved by mixing ingredients, cutting vegetables and preparing the dish.
This post contains affiliate links.
Cheesy Broccoli Casserole Ingredients
Here’s what you need to make Cheesy Broccoli Casserole:
- 2 cups fresh broccoli
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 can cream of mushroom soup
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup diced onion
- 1 egg, beaten
- 8 oz Borden shredded sharp cheddar
- 1 cup diced ham
Directions to make this cheesy Broccoli Casserole
Step 1
Bring a pot of water to boil. Add the salt, then add the broccoli. Cook for five minutes until the broccoli is blanched.
Step 2
Remove the broccoli from the water and place in an ice bath.
Step 3
Once the broccoli has cooled, chop it into small pieces. Set aside. Older kids can help with the chopping, but since I have a little one, he mostly got to stir and sprinkle.
Step 4
In a large bowl, mix together the soup, mayonnaise, onion, and egg. My son loved adding all the ingredients to the bowl and stirring them together.
Step 5
Next comes the ham and 3/4 cup cheese. Mix in the broccoli.
Step 6
Spray an 8×8 baking dish with cooking spray and add the casserole.
Step 7
Sprinkle the top with the remaining cheese — this was my son’s favorite job! He *may* have sampled some of the Borden cheese as he was adding it to the casserole.
Step 8
Bake for 40-45 min at 350 degrees, until the cheese has turned golden brown.
Step 9
Serve and enjoy with the rest of the family.
Cheesy Broccoli Casserole Recipe
This casserole recipe has broccoli and a huge amount of cheese. Although most kids hate broccoli they are sure to love this one, especially if they are involved in making it.
Ingredients
- 2 cups fresh broccoli
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 can cream of mushroom soup
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup diced onion
- 1 egg, beaten
- 8 oz Borden shredded sharp cheddar
- 1 cup diced ham
Instructions
- Bring a pot of water to boil. Add the salt, then add the broccoli. Cook for five minutes until the broccoli is blanched.
- Remove the broccoli from the water and place in an ice bath.
- Once the broccoli has cooled, chop it into small pieces. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix together the soup, mayonnaise, onion, and egg.
- Next comes the ham and 3/4 cup cheese. Mix in the broccoli.
- Spray an 8×8 baking dish with cooking spray and add the casserole.
- Sprinkle the top with the remaining cheese.
- Bake for 40-45 min at 350 degrees, until the cheese has turned golden brown.
- Serve and enjoy with the rest of the family.
Notes
Older kids can help with the chopping, but since I have a little one, he mostly got to stir and sprinkle.
Check out the video below on how to make this cheesy broccoli casserole.
more casserole recipes
- This Family Favorite Easy King Ranch Chicken Casserole Recipe is amazing perhaps it will become a family favorite too.
- Try this Super Kid-Friendly Taco Tater Tot Casserole Recipe while your kids have fun helping out in the kitchen.
- Give this Easy Breakfast Casserole Recipe a try on your next breakfast.
- Chicken Enchilada Casserole Recipe might be the recipe you are looking for.
Did you make this cheesy broccoli casserole with your kids? What di they think about it? Let us know in the comments below!
My favorite family recipe is Lasagna.
I like making creamy chicken, kale and potato pot pie. My husband loves it!
My fav family recipe is ‘make your own’ pizza night, especially for pizza on the grill. You can have your own personal pizza with the fixings you want, just put them out (we grill peppers, onions, mushrooms, and more), then add the toppings, cheeses, and grill! So much fun!
I love making baked macaroni and cheese. Sometimes I add spinach to make it a little healthier!
Spaghetti and meatballs with red sauce is always a big hit!
Our favorite dinner is baked spaghetti!
My kids love breakfast for dinner, AKA Brinner! We have it at least once a week, rotating between pancakes, waffles and French toast. Most of the time I serve it with potatoes and some kind of meat, bacon or sausage.
I have to say our favorite is crock pot beef roast. We love it with potatoes, carrots, onions and brown gravy. Easy and so good!
My favourite family dinner recipe is beef stew!
My favorite dinner recipe is meatloaf. The whole family loves it!
My family loves lasagna !
A favorite family dinner recipe is homemade chicken soup
i love lasagna
Our favorite family recipe is chicken parmesan with a twist. Basically it’s chicken parm with pepperoni on top and it’s amazing!
We always enjoy spaghetti with marinara sauce and a side of salad.
We like baked spaghetti casserole.
Our favorite family meal is spaghetti and meatballs, salad and garlic bread!
Chicken and cheese quesadillas!
My family favorite dinner recipe is macaroni and cheese with broccoli.
We like to do chicken and gravy with a side of cheesy ranch potatoes.
We love Chicken and dumplings!
I like chicken broccoli casserole.
I LOVE KEILBASSI AND kraut and cabbage and noodles!! yummmoooo
my family loves lasagna
We love to make pizza together from scratch.
We love making taco in a bag!
My family loves beef enchilada bake.
My favorite family recipe is stuffed pasta shells.
Lasagna for sure!
We love lasagna
We have many favorites but Lasagna is one my husband likes often!
Yum!!! I am definitely making this for Easter lunch. My family loves what we call ‘Cheese & Pasta in a Pot.’ It is like lasagna, but uses shell noodles, sour cream and LOTS of cheese!
Homemade whiskey baked beans is something that I don’t make it a lot but my family would appreciate it if I did. Top this off with homemade brown bread in a can and now I will have to make this for my family although it takes a few days to make.
I love shepherds pie!
There are so many things we like but I think one of our favorites home made spaghetti sauce that we make in the crockpot.
We love baked ziti for dinner.
Cheesy Chicken and Rice!
my favorite dinner recipe is stuffed peppers
We have several, but I love our spaghetti and meatballs!
Our family loves homemade mac. and cheese.
We love Lasagna
We love meatloaf! It’s something we all enjoy!
I like home made pizza. It is one of thew few times when the kids can help in the kitchen and actually be helping.
One of our favorites is baked chicken with potatoes, green pepper and onion. It’s so good and so easy too.
My Family Loves Baked Spaghetti!
Oh one of our favorites is baked ziti! I have to try your casserole, our little one loves broccoili and would really like that I think!
Our favorite dinner is pork roast (made in the oven in a bag with seasoning, rice pilaf and roasted carrots. Yum!!