Modern Comfort Food
How Retro Casseroles and Slow-Cooker Dishes Are Making a Comfort Food Comeback
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Casseroles are being presented as adaptable, convenient comfort food, from a retro mushroom-and-rice bake built around canned cream of mushroom soup to modern recipes with added broth, cheese or mushrooms. Other easy options emphasize generous cheese in dishes such as cheesy potatoes, broccoli casserole and taco casserole. A salmon casserole combines canned salmon, potatoes, peas and melted cheese for a one-dish meal, finished with a crisp cornflake topping; cooks can also add vegetables such as broccoli or carrots.
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The mushroom-and-rice bake reflects a 1950s cooking trend: simple, widely available pantry ingredients became comforting family meals as grocery stores and the food system became increasingly standardized.
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Although casseroles had been declining in popularity for decades, the article says cooks are finding ways to modernize the classics, potentially helping bring them back.
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The salmon casserole is described as a nutritionally well-rounded one-pot dinner that can stand on its own, while also limiting cleanup; the article notes that canned salmon offers nutritional value comparable to fresh salmon, including protein, healthy fats and omega-3 fatty acids.
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For the salmon recipe, the potatoes need to be cooked before baking because the casserole spends only 35 to 40 minutes in the oven; thawing and draining the peas also helps prevent excess liquid.
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