I can be an awful restaurant companion. If a chef has hidden tamarind in a marinade, I will taste it. Saffron in the reduction? I'll find it. Champagne instead of white wine in the vinaigrette? I'll know. Conversely, if the soup isn't made with real homemade chicken stock, I'll scowl. Don't even try making hollandaise from a mix... lamentably, I'll talk about it all evening.
When I cook at home, I also have very exact ideas about how food should be prepared. Sausage for pasta must be the cut to the same size as the pasta or smaller. The only canned food really appropriate for human consumption is tuna and/or beans. I'm not Martha, and I do slip, but by and large, I'm a foodie with a capital F.
6:00 this evening dinner needed to be on the table. Fast. Hot. Kid Friendly Dinner.
Women reading this everywhere are feeling the universal pit in their stomach right now - right?
Rather than crafting a lovely cassolet or pasta fagiole, I did what moms for generations have done - threw a bunch of processed food in a dish, covered it with cream of chicken soup and baked it - Easy Chicken Pot Pie. Know what? It was the perfect meal on a *&*%!&$ cold night like this. The kids loved it, ate some veggies and the best part is that not only is dinner done, but so are dishes! Its not low fat, but I figure since I'm now living in the arctic, I'll never have use for my bikini again. So in hopes I can spare some of you, dear friends, one night of dinner anxiety, here's the recipe:
Combine in a good sized casserole dish:
*One deli roasted chicken stripped of as much meat as you feel like pulling off
*One bag of your favorite frozen mixed veggies
*One can of cream of chicken soup
*Enough milk or half/half to make the soup soupy
*Pepper
Cover with:
*One can of refrigerator biscuits
*Whatever shredded hunks of cheese are lurking in your fridge
Bake at 425 until biscuits are done and veggies are cooked - About 30 minutes.
When I cook at home, I also have very exact ideas about how food should be prepared. Sausage for pasta must be the cut to the same size as the pasta or smaller. The only canned food really appropriate for human consumption is tuna and/or beans. I'm not Martha, and I do slip, but by and large, I'm a foodie with a capital F.
6:00 this evening dinner needed to be on the table. Fast. Hot. Kid Friendly Dinner.
Women reading this everywhere are feeling the universal pit in their stomach right now - right?
Rather than crafting a lovely cassolet or pasta fagiole, I did what moms for generations have done - threw a bunch of processed food in a dish, covered it with cream of chicken soup and baked it - Easy Chicken Pot Pie. Know what? It was the perfect meal on a *&*%!&$ cold night like this. The kids loved it, ate some veggies and the best part is that not only is dinner done, but so are dishes! Its not low fat, but I figure since I'm now living in the arctic, I'll never have use for my bikini again. So in hopes I can spare some of you, dear friends, one night of dinner anxiety, here's the recipe:
Combine in a good sized casserole dish:
*One deli roasted chicken stripped of as much meat as you feel like pulling off
*One bag of your favorite frozen mixed veggies
*One can of cream of chicken soup
*Enough milk or half/half to make the soup soupy
*Pepper
Cover with:
*One can of refrigerator biscuits
*Whatever shredded hunks of cheese are lurking in your fridge
Bake at 425 until biscuits are done and veggies are cooked - About 30 minutes.
1 comment:
You are a goddess. If only my children would get over their food schizophrenia, and my husband not be so dang picky, I would so make this. I love those kitchen sink meals.
xo
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