This week brought another stellar selection of produce in the Relay Foods Bounty Share. While I appreciate all produce equally for the unique nutritional profile they bring, there’s something uniquely special about each bounty. This week we enjoyed beautiful blueberries and perfectly ripe strawberries. I typically stick to frozen strawberries since grocery store selections leave me disappointed but clearly fresh from the vine, these strawberries were sweet, juicy, and behold, a deep red all the way through!

Our Bounty Share had all of our family favorites. While I’m smitten over local fruit, the share included my husband’s favorite asparagus, and our son’s favorite vegetable: broccoli. As much as Julian tolerates more vegetables than I ever did as a kid, he gets downright excited over broccoli. As the weather warms up, our meals become a little more simple. While we are typically happy steaming or roasting vegetables for a side dish, this time of year, our side dishes are often the meal. I wanted to focus on broccoli for the Bounty Share recipe and wanted to make it into something hearty but still not heavy and went with a Broccoli and Bulgur Casserole.

Although a side dish, we served our casserole with a salad for a complete meal. The casserole relies on one of my favorite whole grains, bulgur. It’s high in fiber and protein, but doesn’t have a chewy texture like other fiber-rich whole grains – but you can substitute your favorite cooked grain. I then made a flavorful sauce to pour over the bulgur and broccoli mixture made from a sweet potato base, another nutrient dense vegetable. It’s more affordable and lower in fat than cashew-based cheese sauces, rounding out the casserole for a well balanced dish. The sauce isn’t quite a “cheese” sauce, but with hints of a cheesy-flavor, it’s rich and flavorful, reminiscent of the canned cream soups common in casseroles. You can always increase the protein by adding in a seitan-meat, tempeh bacon, or beans either in or on the side. I find I’m mostly mixing in a package of Beyond Meat Grilled Chick’n Strips. 

You can find the complete recipe for the Creamy Broccoli and Bulgur Casserole below or over on Relay Foods here where you can then instantly add all of the ingredients needed right to your cart for local pickup or delivery.

{this post was sponsored by Relay Foods but all opinions here are my own and I’d never promote any product or business I do not stand behind.}