Can I put chicken, broccoli, and cauliflower in a casserole instead of tuna/peas?!

Invent Your Own Casserole

1 (8 oz) carton sour cream
1 cup milk
1 cup water
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper

CHOOSE ONE FROM EACH CATEGORY:

SAUCE MAKERS:
1 (10 3/4 oz) can cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
1 (10 3/4 oz) can cream of celery soup, undiluted
1 (10 3/4 oz) can cream of chicken soup, undiluted
1 (10 3/4 oz) can Cheddar cheese soup, undiluted
2 (14 1/2 oz) cans Italian-style diced tomatoes, undrained

CHOOSE ONE FISH/MEAT/POULTRY:
2 (6 oz) cans solid white tuna, drained and flaked
2 cups chopped cooked chicken
2 cups chopped cooked ham
2 cups chopped cooked turkey
1 pound ground beef, browned and drained

CHOOSE ONE PASTA/RICE:
2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni
1 cup uncooked rice
4 cups uncooked wide egg noodles
3 cups uncooked medium shells

CHOOSE ONE FROZEN VEGETABLE:
1 (10 oz) pkg frozen chopped spinach, thawed
1 (10 oz) pkg frozen cut broccoli
1 (10 oz) pkg frozen Italian green beans
1 (10 oz) pkg frozen English peas
1 (16 oz) pkg frozen sliced yellow squash
1 (10 oz) pkg frozen whole kernel corn

CHOOSE ONE OR MORE EXTRAS (OPTIONAL):
1 (3 oz) can sliced mushrooms, drained
1/4 cup sliced ripe olives
1/4 cup chopped bell pepper
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped celery
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 (4.5 oz) can chopped green chiles
1 (1 1/4 oz) envelope taco seasoning mix

TOPPINGS:
1/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded Swiss cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup fine, dry breadcrumbs

Combine 1 (8 oz) carton sour cream, 1 cup milk, 1 cup water, 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper with Sauce Maker (omit sour cream and milk when using tomatoes). Stir in Pasta/Rice, Frozen Vegetable, Fish/Meat/Poultry, and if desired, Extras.
Spoon casserole mixture into a lightly greased 13- x 9- x 2-inch baking dish; sprinkle with your choice of toppings.

Cover and bake casserole at 350o for 1 hour and 10 minutes; uncover and bake 10 additional minutes.

**Chicken Casserole: Cream of chicken soup, broccoli, rice, chicken, Parmesan cheese, and breadcrumbs.
**Ham Casserole: Cream of celery soup, Italian green beans, wide egg noodles, ham, garlic, and 2 portions Swiss cheese.
**Turkey Casserole: Italian-style diced tomatoes, spinach, medium pasta shells, turkey, onion, garlic, mozzarella cheese, adn breadcrumbs.
**Vegetarian Casserole: Italian-style diced tomatoes, yellow squash, rice, olives, 4 portions celery, 4 portions bell pepper, garlic, parmesan cheese, and breadcrumbs.

Yield: 6 servings

--Southern Living, NOVEMBER 1996

You can change it up to whatever you want. You can do broccoli, chicken and cream of chicken. You can brown hamburger, combine with cooked noodles and cream of mushroom soup. You can do diced ham, asparagus, noodles and cream of celery. Whatever you like and whatever you have on hand. I would also add shredded cheddar cheese to the broccoli and chicken.

I say go for it, it sounds wonderful and cauliflower can be used in your casserole and it might be a good idea to par-cook it for 3-4 minutes with the broccoli in the microwave before mixing it into the casserole, to make sure it all becomes tender at the same time..

Sure, that's the beauty of casseroles; you can combine anything you like.
The base can be potatoes, pasta, or rice. The sauce any cream soup.
The protein can be: Ground beef, diced chicken or turkey, canned tuna, etc.

You can put cauliflower in, it does tend to get mushy though. If you don't mind that, go for it.

no.. just does not taste right..put carrots instead.

try here, www.frillme.com

they have some good recipes and tips.