Good evening, hoagy...((HUGS))...I am trying to imagine tomato-flavored jello. YUCKY!! And Miracle Whip? I’d starve first. ICKY, ICKY!!!!
Veggies aren’t high on my list. What is in green bean casserole, besides green beans?
Green bean casserole is a traditional baked mixture of condensed mushroom soup, a little milk, a little pepper, french fried onions (canned), and of course green beans.
I found I could do it deluxe at not a huge extra cost, by using canned cut asparagus in place of the green beans.
Green Bean Casserole wasn't really even on too many tables until Campbell's Soup really pushed the idea. From the Wikipedia article:
Green bean casserole is a casserole consisting of green beans, cream of mushroom soup, and french fried onions. It is a popular Thanksgiving side dish in the United States. The green bean casserole was first created in 1955 by the Campbell Soup Company. Dorcas Reilly led the team that created the recipe while working as a staff member in the home economics department. The inspiration for the dish was "to create a quick and easy recipe around two things most Americans always had on hand in the 1950s: green beans and Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup."
How it got to be served at holiday tables is anybody's guess. I never serve it any other time of the year.