Cauliflower, Rice & Swiss Cheese Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 ounces mushrooms, sliced
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 3 tablespoons butter, divided
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 1 head cauliflower, broken into florets
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 3 cups cooked brown rice
• 2 1/2 cups swiss cheese, grated
• 1/3 cup toasted walnuts, in pieces

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°.
• 2 to toast the walnuts, heat them in a dry pan over low heat, stirring occasionally, until they are fragrant and showing some oil. remove from heat and let cool.
• 3 sauté the onion and mushrooms in 2 tbl butter over medium heat until onion begins to soften, and mushrooms give up some of their liquid -- about 5 minutes.
• 4 stir in the lemon juice and sauté a minute more.
• 5 separately, sauté the cauliflower in 1 tbl butter along with the garlic, basil, salt and pepper, until the cauliflower is just tender.
• 6 combine the onions, cauliflower, rice, swiss cheese and toasted walnuts and mix thoroughly.
• 7 place in a casserole dish and bake, covered, for 30 to 40 minutes.