Broccoli, Rice and Cheese Casserole

My Mom makes this every year for Christmas dinner.  

I know there are many variations, but this one is BY FAR my favorite!

I love making this when we have ham, it just accompanies it so well!!

The recipe you see above is a doubled version of the one I am posting.  We had it for a big family dinner and served it with steak and a salad.  Yum!!

Broccoli, Rice and Cheese Casserole

2 boxes of chopped frozen broccoli

1 onion finely chopped

1 8 ounce jar of cheese whiz

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1 can cream of chicken soup

1/2 soup can of milk

1 cup uncooked minute rice

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Heat all of the ingredients over the stove and pour into a greased caserole dish.

Bake for 1 1/2 hours.

Orange Glazed Carrots

These are a great side dish for special meals, or for just any time.

They are super easy, and taste fantastic.

I found the recipe on allrecipes.com  a long time ago, and made them again recently.

They last time I made them, I used fresh clementine juice instead of orange juice, they were AMAZING!!

Orange Glazed Carrots

1 pound baby carrots

1/4 cup orange juice (or clementine)

3 Tablespoons of brown sugar

2 Tablespoons of butter

pinch of salt

Place carrots in a shallow pan and cover with water. Boil until desired tenderness, drain and return to pan.

Pour orange juice, sugar, salt and butter over the top, simmer until sugar and butter are melted.