Meal Planning with Connie

Tonight was one of those busy ones for us. Logan had his music recital at 6:30. We had to eat quickly. I only made the Chicken Veg-all Casserole. It really is one of those all-in-one dishes. The cracker topping can even serve as your bread! It seems like I've made this casserole a hundred times over the years. When the kids were pickier eaters, I didn't make it as much, but now that their tastes are expanding, it is finding its way back to our table. If you have your chicken cooked and in the freezer (or if you use canned chicken), you can literally have this casserole in the oven in under 10 minutes. To speed the cooking time, before adding the cracker topping, you can zap it in the microwave for 5 minutes or so, just until bubbly. Top with crackers and bake for about 5 minutes, or until crackers are golden brown. A salad and rolls are nice, but really not necessary. This is basically a quick and easy chicken pot pie. There are tons of variations. In place of the m...

A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor. Proverbs 22:9 For the next couple of weeks, others will be sharing their recipes with us! If you've got a recipe to share, please e-mail it to me at : mealplanwithconnie@att.net Many thanks to all the sweet friends who shared the recipes for this week!! Don't forget to sort through, clean and straighten your fridge this week! Monday - Rotel Chicken, Corn Pudding, and Easy Slaw Many thanks to Holly F. for these great recipes! Holly is a dietitian, so much of her life revolves around food and meal planning! Holly not only shared these great recipes, but she's included the directions for freezing them! I think Easy slaw will go well with these two dishes of Holly’s. Since the Corn Pudding is made with Jiffy Corn Mix, I don’t think you’d need another bread. Thanks again, Holly! Rotel Chicken 6 Chicken breast cooked, cubed 1 pack spaghetti (7 oz) 2 large Bell peppers -- chopped 2 Onions -- chopp...

Inside-out Strawberry Cake Nancy S., a sweet co-worker of Larry’s, experimented with the Inside-out German Chocolate Cake recipe I shared a couple of weeks ago, substituting lemon cake mix and lemon icing. She used lemon extract in her glaze. She brought the cake to work yesterday and shared it with everyone. They called me to tell me how good it was! Nancy wanted me to give it a try using strawberry icing. I had a white cake mix on-hand so I used it and a tub of strawberry icing. We had some strawberries in the fridge that Larry had sliced and put sugar over. I used some of the fresh strawberry juice to make my glaze. We all liked it! It was super moist! If you don’t have fresh strawberry juice on-hand, save a bit of the strawberry icing, and use as a glaze. Right now, specially-marked packages of Betty Crocker icings have an instant 25 cents off coupon on the container. Plus, there’s a Box Tops for Education coupon on the label, too! To learn more about Box Tops...