Creamy Chicken Noodle Casserole

Surfing around bloggie land a couple weeks back and I happened upon a chicken noodle casserole dish on my girl Anne’s Annie Bakes.  It looked so good I knew I had to grab the boys and throw together a version.

If you’ve been following along then you all know how I have recipe OCD so we switched things up a bit, but Anne is the inspiration behind this one…

Thanks Anne!

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WHAT YOU NEED:

1/2 T olive oil

1 onion diced

1/2 pound cubed bacon slab

1 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts

3 cups water

2 cubes beef bouillon

1/2 cup white wine

1 spring thyme

1 package cooked ziti

1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted

1 cup sour cream

1/2 cup grated Asiago cheese

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1/3 cup dry sherry

S&P
1/2 cup Panko bread crumbs

1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

2 T melted butter

WHAT TO DO:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Spray 2-quart casserole with nonstick cooking spray.

In a medium saucepan heat olive oil and bacon until bacon is crispy.  Add in onions and cook for about 7-9 minutes, until onions are soft.  Set aside to cool while your chicken cooks.

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Place chicken, water, wine, thyme and bouillon cubes in large saucepan over medium high heat.

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Cook 20 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink in center.  Drain liquid and discard;  cut chicken into cubes.

Combine cooked ziti and chicken in prepared casserole dish.

Combine soup, sour cream, Asiago cheese, mayonnaise, sherry, onion, bacon, and S&P in medium bowl:  mix well.

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Pour over pasta and chicken;  toss lightly.

dinner   Creamy Chicken Noodle Casserole

Toss Panko, Parmesan cheese and butter in small bowl.  Sprinkle over casserole.  Bake 30 to 45 minutes or until top is golden brown.

Serve with crusty bread and a big ol’ salad and everyone is happy!

Quick and Easy Dinner – Baby Pizza Pies

Ok, so this was a direct result of watching too much TV.

The boys and I were lounging around last weekend and we caught a Pillsbury biscuit commercial.

They made little pizzas out of the biscuit dough.

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We were all over it!

Now we’ve taken our biscuit dough and turned them into

Upside Down PIzza

Always a crowd pleaser…

But they were all over this new idea they saw on the commerical.

When hockey practice runs late and there’s still homework to do…

This is a great and quick go-to!

Baby Pizza Pies

WHAT YOU NEED:

1 tube Pillsbury refrigerated pizza dough

1/2 cup spaghetti sauce

1 cup grated mozzarella cheese

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WHAT TO DO:

Preaheat your oven to 350 degrees.

Break open your biscuit tube and separate the biscuits.

Pat out each one a bit to flatten out and spread evenly on a baking sheet.

Top each pizza with a spoonful of spaghetti sauce and a handful of shredded cheese.

Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.

Dinner is served.

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With applesauce in this case.

On paper plates!

Totally WTing it this evening…

I told you hockey practice ran late!

 

Doggies in a sleeping bag

Come on now, admit it, you love pigs in a blanket don’t you?  Every time I make the little version of these guys for the kiddos at a party or BBQ guess who eats them all?  Oh yeah, you know it, the parents.  EVERY.  SINGLE.  TIME.  I guess that shows that we’re all still kids at heart, and in my mind, that’s a good thing.

So I decided to whip up the big version of the party favorite for dinner as a special request.  My darlin’ (and sometimes downright wildman) Brady was looking at a beautiful scrapbook given to him by his best friend, Brody, in California when we moved earlier this year.  Ok, well Brody didn’t make the scrapbook but his mom, Corine, did.  It’s gorgeous and it’s a beautiful testament to Brady and Brody’s wonderful, though brief, friendship.  They met their first day of preschool at 2 years old and were instantly best buds.  Brady still reads it every night before he goes to bed.  Uh, yes, it’s the most adorable thing ever.  In the scrapbook there’s a picture of the boys at our Annual Fitzpatrick Family Halloween Haunt and Brady is eating a mini pig in a blanket.  For some reason yesterday Brady fixated on  that thing and begged ALL DAY LONG to have them for dinner.  So he climbed up on the counter and we made the big boy dinner version of mini pigs in a blanket…Doggies In A Sleeping Bag.

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Serves: 4                        Prep time: 10 minutes                        Cook time: 15 minutes

FOR THE DOGGIES:

8 hot dogs (can use reduced fat, turkey dogs, even tofu dogs)

½ c shredded cheese

½ c red pepper, diced

1 can crescent dinner rolls

FOR THE SAUCE:

½ c  ketchup

¼ c  mustard

2 T brown sugar

1 t garlic powder

3 T red wine vinegar

appetizers   Doggies in a sleeping bagPreheat your oven to 375 degrees. Unroll your crescent rolls being careful to leave your squares intact, using 1 triangles for each doggie.  Set one square down on a cutting board.  Sprinkle with cheese and lay diced red pepper down on the right side of the square.  Place the doggie on top of the cheese and red pepper.  Pull the right side up over the doggie and roll toward the other side covering him up in his sleeping bag.  Repeat with other pieces.appetizers   Doggies in a sleeping bag

Bake at 375 for 10-13 minutes until golden brown on top.  Serve with steamed veggies or salad and sauce for dipping.

What’s your favorite go to party food?

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