This is actually the name of the baking dish Casserole recipes may include vegetables, meats, grains, or other combination of ingredients, usually bound by a thick sauce or cream soup Recipes: Casseroles
A casserole or a casserole dish is a large heavy container with a lid. You cook casseroles and other dishes in it. a flameproof casserole. to cook food in a casserole
This term refers to both a baking dish and the ingredients it contains A "casserole dish" usually refers to a deep, round, ovenproof container with handles and a tight-fitting lid
an oven proof dish with a lid used for cooking stews and braises in the oven; the food is usually served straight form the dish food prepared in a casserole
An oven-proof dish with a lid, used for stewing/baking neat, vegetables, rice dishes, etc The preparation is also known as a Rice Casserole or Cheese Tomato Casserole, etc, and is served straight from the dish
[ 'ka-s&-"rOl also 'k ] (noun.) 1708. French, saucepan, from Middle French, diminutive of casse ladle, dripping pan, from Old Provençal cassa, probably ultimately from Greek kyathos ladle.