Easy Greek Casserole
When I first started at NuVal, Melissa of A Better Bag of Groceries gave me a copy of Miss Conduct’s Easy Greek Casserole recipe, which sounded delicious and easy to make, but the recipe has since been hanging on my fridge. Tonight, however, I discovered that I had all of the ingredients called for, so I finally whipped up this recipe.
Ingredients:
- 1-1.5 cups cooked brown rice or other whole grain (quinoa is good)
- 1 T olive oil
- 1 small onion
- 1 bulb garlic, chopped, or one tablespoon minced garlic from a jar
- 1 bag baby spinach
- herbs
- 1 pint grape tomatoes, sliced in half, or one can diced tomatoes
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
- 1/2 block firm tofu, drained & pressed
- sliced black olives (optional)
I basically followed the original recipe, but added mushrooms to the mix.
Directions:
- Cook brown rice or other grain as directed.
- Preheat oven to 375 *F.
- Heat olive oil in skillet and add onion and garlic.
- Wash the spinach and squeeze dry.
- When the onion has become limp and tractable, add the spinach and whatever herbs you like. (Miss Conduct used dill, oregano, basil, and black pepper, but advises against adding salt since it’s already in the feta.) I also added 2 beaten eggs.
- While that cooks, spray an 8X8 pan with non-stick spray and spread the rice (or other grain) evenly across the bottom.
- When the spinach mixture is jsut barely cooked, put that on top.
- Finally, put the tomatoes and sliced olives on top of that, cover in foil, and bake for about 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, mix the tofu and feta together using a fork until it’s all crumbly.
- Remove the casserole from the oven and add the feta cheese and tofu topping.
- Return to oven and bake uncovered until topping browns– about 15 more minutes.
What an AWESOME recipe– flavorful, filling, and delicious! Even Mal loved it! 
(If you’re curious how this recipe scores on the NuVal scale, be sure to visit Trading Up Downtown tomorrow. 
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Lunch
Today, I ate lunch at my desk. I had leftovers from last night’s Pasta With Brie, Mushrooms, and Arugula.
And then a few chocolate Kisses.
And then some caramel-flavored cocoa. Mmmmm, chocolate!
Not pictured afternoon snacks include: toast with Barney Butter and more chocolate Kisses.
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I’m spending the night working. Blah. 
Good night, guys!
Tags: Easy Greek Casserole
Katie — December 15, 2009 @ 8:24 pm
Tina, I’m new to your blog, but I love it. I’m trying to catch on older posts and your approach to food is just so healthy and inspirational. Thank you for sharing your life. This casserole looks really great. I love the concept and I’ll definitely be trying it out, but with a few ingredient swaps (wish I loved olives, but no can do!). Thanks again!
Madeline @ Greens and Jeans — December 15, 2009 @ 8:41 pm
I am a fan of anything feta, so that casserole looks great!
Food Makes Fun Fuel — December 15, 2009 @ 8:53 pm
Ooo I’m a sucker for olives, haha
Estela @ Weekly Bite — December 15, 2009 @ 8:54 pm
Love the greek casserole! There’s one I’ve had before made with orzo pasta…
Enjoy the rest of your evening!
Rachel in NC — December 15, 2009 @ 8:55 pm
Tina, is that supposed to be one CLOVE of garlic, or does it really call for a bulb? Just wondering because that seems kind of strong!
lily @ lily's health pad — December 15, 2009 @ 8:56 pm
That casserole looks easy and yummy! My fave kind of meal.
Jenn — December 15, 2009 @ 9:02 pm
Haha I love your hot cocoa from…before 2006?
Tina — December 15, 2009 @ 9:03 pm
@Rachel in NC: I think so? I linked to the original recipe.
Tina — December 15, 2009 @ 9:04 pm
@Jenn: Omg. I didn’t even notice that! It tasted good, but that’s still pretty gross!
Jessica @ How Sweet It Is — December 15, 2009 @ 9:13 pm
This casserole sounds delish!!
Light Delight with TouTou — December 15, 2009 @ 9:26 pm
oh very fulfilling dish !!! makes me hungry – off to cook!
Ashley — December 15, 2009 @ 9:26 pm
The casserole sounds awesome — I’d just take out the mushrooms and black olives, which are two of my biggest “ick!!” foods.
I just read the comment that the hot cocoa was way expired — all I noticed is how good it looked! Haha!
Anne P — December 15, 2009 @ 9:27 pm
Holy crap that sounds good. I will be making that soon
Jenna — December 15, 2009 @ 9:32 pm
Holy yum. What a delicious, healthy and hearty meal!
Have you experienced the Candy Cane Hershey Kisses yet? They are amazing. You can’t stop at three even. Dangerous stuff.
Kelly — December 15, 2009 @ 9:35 pm
Gotta love the chocolate kisses, only about 75 calories in 3 of them =)
Sam (Merit to the Carrot) — December 15, 2009 @ 9:41 pm
What a fantastic looking recipe! Such good ingredients.
Kel — December 15, 2009 @ 9:48 pm
Try your Greek casserole with bulgar too!
Kris (Oatmeal on the Rocks) — December 15, 2009 @ 9:49 pm
YUM! What a great looking recipe. I’ll definitely be trying that out later this week with some bored looking quinoa I have in my cupboard. I think it would be great with artichoke hearts added in too…mmmm.
Chelsea — December 15, 2009 @ 9:52 pm
Yum. Kalamata olives would be a great sub!
Shannon (The Daily Balance) — December 15, 2009 @ 9:52 pm
amazing looking casserole! Thanks for sharing!
Mrs.Ballou @ The Unlikely Success Story — December 15, 2009 @ 9:55 pm
That looks fantastic! I am definitely going to make that soon! I am going to do a vegetarian day every week and that will work perfectly.
Thank you for sharing!
Mara @ What's for Dinner? — December 15, 2009 @ 9:56 pm
Looks great Tina!
Jenna — December 15, 2009 @ 10:59 pm
dinner looks fab!
Lynn (The Actors Diet) — December 15, 2009 @ 11:36 pm
this dish looks great! i love casseroles.
Karla — December 15, 2009 @ 11:46 pm
Yum that looks so good! I might have to add it to try it out for my recipe challenge!
Lele — December 16, 2009 @ 12:31 am
That Land O’ Lakes hot chocolate is my favorite beverage in the whole world. The raspberry is particularly unreal!
Lisa (bakebikeblog) — December 16, 2009 @ 4:11 am
ooh that casserole looks fantastic – olives, feta, spinach and tofu – how can one go wrong?!
Kristen @ Change of Pace — December 16, 2009 @ 8:57 am
The casserole looks so good and easy! Definitely will have to try it!
Janna (Just Flourishing) — December 16, 2009 @ 10:41 am
Both the casserole and your pasta look so good! I want to make both!
Melissa — December 16, 2009 @ 11:21 am
One of my favorite recipes of all time. When I heat this up in the microwave at work for lunch, everyone wants to know what it is! Miss Conduct (from Boston.com) has fabulous recipes. And her blog is a great read.
Tara — December 17, 2009 @ 1:07 pm
I just did a project on Topco and NuVal and think they are great organizations. I especially love NuVal and can’t wait for it to take off!