veggie ham Rice n cheese casserole

I found this recipe for Veggie Mac n cheese in my taste of home magazine and I thought i would make something of it. I cooked up some Brown Rice, I had some ham in the frig and some broccoli in the freezer that i cooked up.

I used the cheese sauce recipe from the magazine. This was really good and went quick at dinner time.

2 cups cooked brown rice

~1 1/2 C broccoli cooked if its frozen

1/2 Red Pepper cut into pieces

1/2 C corn

1/2 C ham

1T butter

1/4C flour

1C milk

1C chicken broth, low sodium I believe i used veggie broth

3C shredded Cheddar Cheese

1 dijon mustard I used spicey brown mustard

pepper

paprika

cook rice according to directions, cook broccoli according to directions

mix broccoli, peppers, & rice

place in 8x8 SPRAYED baking dish after cooked and drained

melt butter sprinkle in flour until blended gradually add in milk and broth. Bring to boil, cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in cheese and mustard, add pepper. Pour over rice, and veggies sprinkle some cheese and paprika

Bake uncovered @ 350* for 15-20 minutes or until heated thru.

Scalloped Potatoes n Ham with Broccoli

If I were to make this again i would use more sauce, maybe 1 1/2 recipe for the sauce, but it was really good, Very cheap to make!

Source Taste of Home Magazine April & May 2008
Money saving main dishes, at 85 cents/serving.

Ingrediants

3/4C powdered non dairy creamer
1 3/4C water
3T butter
3T Flour
2T dried minced onion (I used real onion)
1t Salt
3/4t Paprika
6 lrg potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced (I didn't peel the potatoes just washed well and sliced)
2C diced fully cooked ham
1C shredded chedder Cheese
we also added 1 pkg steam fresh frozen broccoli.


In small bowl combine creamer and water until smooth. In a small saucepan, melt butter. Stir in the flour onion, salt and paprika until smooth, gradually add creamer mixture. Bring to a boil, cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened.
In a greased shallow 2 1/2qt baking dish, combine the potatoes and ham. Pour sauce over it.
Cover and bake at 350* for 15 minutes. Uncover, bake 40-45 minutes longeror until potatoes are tender. Sprinkle with cheese bake for 5-10 minutes or until edges are bubbly and cheese is melted.