Taking Charge

3 c. noodles, cooked and drained
1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup
3/4 c. milk
1 c. chicken, shredded or cut into bite size pieces
1 bag frozen broccoli
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Grease or spray with Pam a 2 quart casserole dish.
Steam broccoli per directions
Mix all ingredients and place in casserole.
Bake at 375 degrees for 1 hour and [...]

So there’s been discussion amongst the paper staff about putting together a recipe section and it got me to thinking that I should share more recipes. Frankly, I could do a weekly column sharing different things that I’ve made. I don’t really stick to recipes much, but I could take whatever recipe I [...]

Okay, this is one of the tastiest recipes I’ve tried in ages. It was printed in the Amish Cook column in our paper, so we snipped it out and tried it yesterday. I’ve made a couple notes and changes. It was printed without a baking temp and the time was wrong, so [...]

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So, Rob came home from work with a handful of overripe peaches that needed to be used immediately. I cut 4 of them up and made the absolute *best* peach muffins evah. Yeah, they’re that good. I’ll be nice and post the recipe too Blueberry MuffinRecipe courtesy Paula Deen, 2008Show: [...]