Christmas 2024 Shrimp Casserole

 Ingredients:

3 tablespoon butter

1 cup chopped onions

1 1/2 cups chopped celery

2 1/2 cups milk

6 tablespoons flour

2 teaspoons butter

4 ounces cream cheese

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

1 cup broccoli ( I use frozen and parboiled)

1 pound shrimp

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

spray a  medium sized baking dish

Saute the onions and celery until tender in 3 tablespoons butter

I always do a roux- melt the butter, slowly add the flour then add the milk a bit at a time till you get a thick sauce. Cut up the cream cheese and add a little at a time and melt it into the sauce.

Season with salt and pepper.

Mix in the onions and celery to the sauce.

Toss in the shrimp and add to the baking dish.

Bake in preheated oven for about 25 minutes.

I sprinkled with a bit of panko just to give it some crunch 😉 Gabe didn't want panko on his.

we spent christmas at the beach. In 420 this time, wanted 375 but they said it was taken but it's not! Was cloudy and cold today.

Didn't know these people. Saw them on the beach and asked if I could take a photo with them.