Sweet Onion Broccoli Cornbread

16 Reviews

Prep: 15 min
Cook: 45 min
Ready In: 1 hr

“This is my grandmother's recipe for a very hearty cornbread that is more of a true side dish than just a bread.” - by EADoby

Ingredients

1 large sweet onion (such as Vidalia®), finely chopped
1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped broccoli, thawed
3/4 cup cottage cheese
4 beaten eggs
1 (7.5 ounce) package corn bread mix (such as Jiffy®)
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup margarine, melted

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Original recipe yields 8 servings

Directions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease a 9x9-inch metal baking pan.
In a bowl, mix together the sweet onion, broccoli, cottage cheese, eggs, corn bread mix, and margarine. Scoop the mixture into the prepared baking pan.
Bake in the preheated oven until the top is browned and the casserole has risen, about 45 minutes.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (8 total)

Calories
277 cal
14%

Fat
17.4 g
27%

Carbs
22.1 g
7%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Lannan

Nov. 29, 2010

"Yummy! I wanted this to be an appetizer so I put the recipe into mini muffin pans. It only took about 20 min. to cook this way, they were good as the recipe states-but better for our family with green..." See more chilis or jalapanos and cheese added. Beautiful appetizer at Thanksgiving! Thanks!"

edensmom

Jul. 11, 2011

"Made this as a side for the "Bacon Mushroom Swiss Meatloaf" recipe on this site. Very, very good. I took a few liberties with the recipe based on our tastes - I think we might have found it a bit blan..." See mored otherwise. Adjusted the recipe to make a 9 x 13 casserole and tossed in shredded sharp cheddar, garlic powder and crushed red pepper flakes. Turned out great!"

Chinni

Oct. 6, 2010

"I wanted to use up cottage cheese so I made this recipe. I even made corn bread mix from scratch. I didn't have any broccoli so I made it with cauliflower. I put red onion in stead of sweet onion and ..." See morebutter (unsalted) in stead of margarine. It browned in less than 40 min in my oven. Tasted great!"

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