The reason why....

A few years ago I made the New Year's resolution to try a new recipe each week to encourage more creativity in my cooking. At the time I was newly married and wanted to change what I cooked. What I learned is that I love to cook and I especially love to try new things....even if they don't turn out or I don't like the taste. At least I accomplished something...

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Hurry, hurry, hurry...now eat!

Coming back from the west coast last week, I realized as I woke up on my red-eye flight that I was responsible for dinner that night.  Meaning, there were people in my house and gosh I really wasn't in the mood to cook!  I was so tired I couldn't see straight for most of the morning.  Most would just say, let's go out to dinner.  After spending as much money as we did on our vacation, I couldn't let myself slip into that habit.

I went to a trusty cookbook I have for very quick, simple and limited number of ingredients to find dinner.  I knew I had to go to the store anyway, but I was really surprised when I looked at this recipe and found out I actually had all the ingredients in the house.  Score!

From Busy Woman's Quick & Easy Recipes
One-Dish Chicken Bake

1 package dry veggie soup (I used Lipton onion soup...a good staple to have in your spice rack!)
1 box stuffing
4 boneless chicken breasts, thawed
1 10oz can cream of mushroom soup (also, a good staple in my house)
1/3 C sour cream (shhhhhh....don't tell Sean!)

1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. Mix soup mix, stuffing and 1 2/3 C of water and set aside.  It will be a sticky mixture.
3. Place chicken in a sprayed 9x13 baking dish.
4. Mix soup and sour cream in sauce pan over low heat until heated through. 
5. Pour over chicken and top with stuffing mixture.
6. Back un-covered for 40 minutes.

Family Factor: surprisingly good
Stomach Factor: very mild
Time Factor: easy, quick and just throw it in the oven!

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