Memorial Day Side Dish: Broccoli Cheese Casserole

Are you looking for a special side dish to share this week for Memorial Day?  This is our family's favorite (seriously, best ever) Broccoli Cheese Casserole, and it's so yummy that I ate it cold (right out of the fridge . . . ) for dinner last night. 🙂

Broccoli Cheese Casserole

Ingredients

1. Frozen Broccoli I used two bags of Birdseye Chopped Broccoli $0.35/1 Birds Eye Steamfresh Frozen Vegetables printable
2. 16 oz. Velveeta Kraft Velveeta BOGO $3.84 at Publix
3. 3/4 stick of margarine $1/2 Land O Lakes Margarine printable
4. 1 sleeve Ritz crackers $1/2 Ritz or Ritz Bits Crackers printable
5. 1/4 stick margarine

Directions

1. Cook broccoli in microwave.
2. Meanwhile, melt Velveeta & 3/4 stick margarine on stove top over low heat.
3. Thoroughly drain broccoli.  (You'll want to press out as much excess water as you can so that the Cheese Sauce doesn't become runny.)
4. Stir together broccoli and velveeta mixture, then put in 8×11 casserole dish.
5. Melt remaining 1/4 stick of margarine in margarine.  Crush Ritz crackers and mix with margarine, then top Broccoli Cheese mixture with crackers.
6. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes, until cooked through and crackers begin to brown.  Enjoy!

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