This easy to make Vegetable Rice Casserole is perfect for busy nights. It’s a delicious family-pleasing casserole that even picky eaters will love. And it’s easy on the cook, making it a perfect weeknight meal.
Looking for other easy and delicious casseroles? Be sure to check out my Cheesy Spanish Rice Casserole, Zucchini Stuffing Casserole, and my Mexican Veggies Casserole.
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What kind of soup to use?
I used the a canned Traditional Vegetable Soup to make this easy casserole. But feel free to use whatever soup you like in this casserole.
Plus, I tossed in a few other convenience foods I found at the store – frozen veggies, rice pilaf mix, dried herbs, and Parmesan cheese to top it all off.
Make ahead
This casserole is a great make-ahead dish as well.
This is the kind of casserole I love to take to someone’s house when they have new baby, need a get-well meal, or as a house-warming casserole.
When I’m making it to take to someone, I buy those disposable aluminum casserole dishes and make it in there so there’s no clean up and they don’t have to return a casserole dish to me.
This Vegetable Rice Casserole is also good for the holidays & family gatherings. It makes a nice big casserole that you can share.
Recipe notes
For the rice pilaf mix, get any flavor you like. I used a wild mushroom and herb flavored mix for mine. Try mixing it up with a wild rice mix or a simple olive oil flavored mix. I love the fact that there’s a great base of flavors to start this casserole.
Simply follow the package directions on the rice mix. I like making mine in the microwave so I can chop and mix the rest of the ingredients while the rice cooks away (hands-free) in the microwave.
Cook the onions on the stove until they’re tender. Mix in other ingredients, and top with the cheese. Bake until bubbly and yummy. That’s it! Super easy and delicious.
Budget friendly
This type of casserole is not just easy to make even on the busiest of weeknights, but it’s budget-friendly. And we could all use a little break right now with groceries being so expensive.
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Vegetable Rice Casserole Recipe
Vegetable Rice Casserole
Ingredients
- 6 ounce package rice pilaf mix
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 1 can Vegetable Soup (18.5 ounce)
- ½ cup sour cream
- 1 cup frozen green peas and diced carrots
- 1 cup frozen chopped broccoli
- ½ teaspoon dried rosemary leaves
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ cup finely shredded fresh Parmesan cheese
- chopped green onion for garnish
Instructions
- Prepare rice mix according to package directions.
- Preheat the oven to 350° F.
- In a large skillet over medium, heat olive oil, and add onion once oil is hot. Cook onion until tender. Stir in soup, sour cream, peas and carrots, broccoli, rosemary, and garlic. Mix well and remove from heat.
- Place mixture in a large casserole dish that’s been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over the top, and bake, covered, 20 minutes. Remove the cover, and continue cooking 10 minutes or until heated through and bubbling.
- Serve hot, garnished with chopped green onions.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations, and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary based on brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes, and more.
This looks like the perfect comfort food! I love making casseroles!
This casserole looks so simple and delicious! I will definitely be trying it out soon!
I am always looking for hearty vegetarian recipes for dinner. Your recipe has my favorite ingredients: Rice, Veggies and cheese! It looks so delicious and inviting.
I was just at there today and did a TON of stocking up! It was crazy how much I came home with but the prices were so good…. This rice dish sounds like it would be perfect for a cold winter night!
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That looks like the perfect comfort food casserole to me! I love how all of the ingredients flavors meld together in casseroles!
This looks so creamy and moist and delicious! Total comfort food in a dish. I’m going to add this to our menu plan.
What a creamy a delicious casserole. I love bringing comfort food to friends too, so this is perfect for my neighbor who just had a knee replacement. Also, the app is so convenient to check out the sales! We have Safeway here.
This is the ultimate comfort food and a great way to use up any leftover vegetables that i have in the fridge!
That looks like a really tasty casserole, perfect comfort food.
This looks very creamy, hearty, and easy to make. Rice in a casserole is something I haven’t really tried. Now you are giving me ideas 🙂 Thanks for sharing.
What a creative and delicious recipe. I will soon try this out. YUMMMY
An interesting recipe as I’ve never made a rice casserole. It’s a good recipe to serve rice other than as biryani or pulao. And topped with parmesan cheese..who can resist this delicious lookingl dish.