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Thursday, October 05, 2006
"Chicken" Divan (for Debbie)
I'll write this "as was" for those of you who want the quick and dirty version and then mention my adaptations below.
3 C cooked Chicken (optional {bg})
2 pkg Frozen Broccoli
2 cans cream of chicken soup or Cream of Chicken Soup
1 C mayo
1/4 tsp curry powder
1 T lemon juice
1 C grated cheese
4 T melted butter
1 C crumbled Ritz crackers
Place broccoli and chicken in a 9 x 13 pan.
Mix the soup, mayo, curry and lemon. Pour mixture over chicken/broccoli. {You can place this in a ziploc at this point and freeze - later thaw, mix butter and ritz sprinkle over top, then cheese and bake}.
Mix the Ritz crackers with the melted butter. Scatter this over all, add cheese. Bake at 350* for 30 minutes. Serve over rice.
*Adaptations
~OK - when I don't want meat....I simply use lots of broccoli and we don't miss the meat. I mix the broccoli and rice and place that in the bottom of the pan and then proceed.
~I steam fresh broccoli - however much I want {G}
~I make a white sauce and substitute it in all my old "cream of recipes". I can send that along if anyone needs it. I add a bit of organic chicken bullion or broth for the flavor.
~I use veganaise instead of mayo
~ I finally found an organic RITZ cracker that tastes right....and THIS is why I was so happy about that on Monday.
~ Here is a "recipe" for the cream of soup.....
Frankly...the kids ate the healthy version every bit as fast as the unhealthy. LOL
3 C cooked Chicken (optional {bg})
2 pkg Frozen Broccoli
2 cans cream of chicken soup or Cream of Chicken Soup
1 C mayo
1/4 tsp curry powder
1 T lemon juice
1 C grated cheese
4 T melted butter
1 C crumbled Ritz crackers
Place broccoli and chicken in a 9 x 13 pan.
Mix the soup, mayo, curry and lemon. Pour mixture over chicken/broccoli. {You can place this in a ziploc at this point and freeze - later thaw, mix butter and ritz sprinkle over top, then cheese and bake}.
Mix the Ritz crackers with the melted butter. Scatter this over all, add cheese. Bake at 350* for 30 minutes. Serve over rice.
*Adaptations
~OK - when I don't want meat....I simply use lots of broccoli and we don't miss the meat. I mix the broccoli and rice and place that in the bottom of the pan and then proceed.
~I steam fresh broccoli - however much I want {G}
~I make a white sauce and substitute it in all my old "cream of recipes". I can send that along if anyone needs it. I add a bit of organic chicken bullion or broth for the flavor.
~I use veganaise instead of mayo
~ I finally found an organic RITZ cracker that tastes right....and THIS is why I was so happy about that on Monday.
~ Here is a "recipe" for the cream of soup.....
Frankly...the kids ate the healthy version every bit as fast as the unhealthy. LOL
Packages GALORE
We received FIVE packages today. It’s like Christmas around here. Our biggest excitement today was the material for our story quilt. Yippee!!! I also got a book on making math folder games. Just in time! Jamin got a book on editing the first five pages of a book. {G} Let’s see…besides school and packages what did we do with our day?
Jamin and Jared had House of Faith. They continue to enjoy these afternoons.
It was such a GOD thing that Josiah’s work schedule was changed and he was home today. I’d forgotten that I wouldn’t have a sitter, and my fated mammogram appointment was today. For those of you who have never had one – they honestly aren’t that bad. They ARE uncomfortable. Let’s see it went something like: stand up tall, put this here, put that there, reach behind here….and just when I was totally contorted….put your feet flat on the floor. I looked at her and told her if she wanted my feet flat on the floor she was going to have to lower her little machine. What? Yep….there was no way said body parts were remaining on said slabs without either a chair or me standing on tip toes. I explained that I was very uncomfortable and that putting my feet flat on the floor as was would likely result in GREAT bodily injury. Relief was immediate when she LOWERED the machine. It seems the lady who endured the hall of horrors prior to me must have been at least a foot taller than I. THEN, all ready to go again – still gritting my teeth – and she says, “Take a deep breath and hold it”. I was thinking there was NO breath left in my body – but managed. :::snort::: Somewhere along the line I began to think of my Aunt Gin. Since I was in Junior High either my Grandmother or Aunt has been battling breast cancer. The whole thing left me very sad. Then I remembered that NOW Aunt Gin is reunited with her mother and that made me happy…but still in a sort of melancholy way. A funny at the center…I was by FAR the youngest woman there. They kept asking me all sorts of questions because of “my age”. I finally asked them how old they thought I was….30’s!!! Imagine a compliment in a situation like that. I informed them they were off by 13 years or so. LOL
I met my friend Tricia and her daughters at the park for an hour after the mammogram. It was good to get out in the air, play with the kids and visit with a friend.
We had Hawaiian Chicken tonight for dinner. I actually made the entire stock pot full of Hawaiian Chicken so that I can freeze a few meals of it.
I finished a Hank the Cow Dog book with the kids last night. We are well into a Great Brain book and will probably finish it tomorrow night.
I plan to put in another online Sam’s order and then go find a little one to sleep with. I need to cuddle tonight. :::snort:::
We received FIVE packages today. It’s like Christmas around here. Our biggest excitement today was the material for our story quilt. Yippee!!! I also got a book on making math folder games. Just in time! Jamin got a book on editing the first five pages of a book. {G} Let’s see…besides school and packages what did we do with our day?
Jamin and Jared had House of Faith. They continue to enjoy these afternoons.
It was such a GOD thing that Josiah’s work schedule was changed and he was home today. I’d forgotten that I wouldn’t have a sitter, and my fated mammogram appointment was today. For those of you who have never had one – they honestly aren’t that bad. They ARE uncomfortable. Let’s see it went something like: stand up tall, put this here, put that there, reach behind here….and just when I was totally contorted….put your feet flat on the floor. I looked at her and told her if she wanted my feet flat on the floor she was going to have to lower her little machine. What? Yep….there was no way said body parts were remaining on said slabs without either a chair or me standing on tip toes. I explained that I was very uncomfortable and that putting my feet flat on the floor as was would likely result in GREAT bodily injury. Relief was immediate when she LOWERED the machine. It seems the lady who endured the hall of horrors prior to me must have been at least a foot taller than I. THEN, all ready to go again – still gritting my teeth – and she says, “Take a deep breath and hold it”. I was thinking there was NO breath left in my body – but managed. :::snort::: Somewhere along the line I began to think of my Aunt Gin. Since I was in Junior High either my Grandmother or Aunt has been battling breast cancer. The whole thing left me very sad. Then I remembered that NOW Aunt Gin is reunited with her mother and that made me happy…but still in a sort of melancholy way. A funny at the center…I was by FAR the youngest woman there. They kept asking me all sorts of questions because of “my age”. I finally asked them how old they thought I was….30’s!!! Imagine a compliment in a situation like that. I informed them they were off by 13 years or so. LOL
I met my friend Tricia and her daughters at the park for an hour after the mammogram. It was good to get out in the air, play with the kids and visit with a friend.
We had Hawaiian Chicken tonight for dinner. I actually made the entire stock pot full of Hawaiian Chicken so that I can freeze a few meals of it.
I finished a Hank the Cow Dog book with the kids last night. We are well into a Great Brain book and will probably finish it tomorrow night.
I plan to put in another online Sam’s order and then go find a little one to sleep with. I need to cuddle tonight. :::snort:::
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