Wild Rice Bake

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Crumble the ground beef into a large skillet and brown. Drain off fat. Transfer the meat to a 3-quart casserole. In the same skillet, adding as little oil as possible, saute the celery, onion, mushrooms and red pepper just until the vegetables begin to soften slightly, about 3 minutes. Combine the vegetables with beef. Add the wild rice and broth to the casserole. Add butter and stir entire contents to combine.

Bake, covered, for 1 1/2 hours, stirring once or twice during baking. Uncover during the last 15 minutes to evaporate any excess liquid and brown the top of the casserole. Cooking times may vary.