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| "Clean" Bean Casserole |
Green Bean Casserole is a tradition in the Midwest. Since moving here, I have rarely attended a holiday gathering or buffet where it was not served. For those of you who have never had it, I will try my best to describe it: creamy green beans, with a hint of mushrooms and onions. Some folks make it mushy with canned green beans; some folks make it firmer with fresh or frozen. Almost without exception, it involves canned mushroom soup and canned, fried onions. Knowing what it is made of, and anticipating a migraine from the monosodium glutamate, I still dig in whenever I see it.
There are recipes out there for green bean casserole that involve making mushroom soup from scratch. We wanted a recipe that was as easy and tasty as the original, just without the canned soup and odd, chemical onions. There have been prior attempts. (One version, involving blended tofu, found its way to the trash pretty quickly.)
Here it is! "Clean" Bean Casserole has no weird ingredients, is simple, and is very close to the original in taste and texture.
