Alabama Broccoli Casserole
I needed a dish to bring to a meal where "comfort food" was being served. It was our second attempt at a dinner with friends - a reschedule that took more than 2 months to work out. We'd decided to repeat the menu: macaroni and cheese and broccoli casserole. Two months ago, they would've been great "late winter" foods. Last week, they were great "braces foods." We were responsible for the broccoli casserole, which I'd made before by sort of blindly reaching for cans of soup and boxes of crackers in my pantry. This time, with time on my hands and a blog series in mind, I opted to look for a recipe. But where on the shelf to begin? I figured that no one knows how to fatten up a vegetable like the South. And since about half of my cookbooks are from south of the Mason-Dixon line, I knew I'd have a few choices. I landed on one that was on a page between Braised Collard Greens and Broccoli Cauliflower Au Gratin. It was bound to be good. The Book...