Our First Winner

Well, we have our first tested recipe to go into the cook book. It is 15-minute Chicken & Rice Dinner. I saw this recipe in November 2010 on Campbell's Kitchen website. I made it tonight and it was yummy and definitely cook book worthy! I served mine with cornbread muffins.

Ingredients:

1 TBSP Vegetable Oil (I used garlic oil)
4 Skinless, boneless chicken breast halves (about 1 pound)
1 can (10 3/4 oz) Campbell's Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup
1 1/2 cups of water
1/4 Tsp paprika
1/4 Tsp black pepper
2 cups uncooked instant white rice
2 cups frozen broccoli florets (cut small)

Directions:

Heat the oil in a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook for 10 minutes or until well browned on both sides. Remove the chicken from the skillet.

Stir the soup, water, paprika & pepper in the skillet and heat to a boil. Scrape any chicken pieces off bottom of pan. Stir in rice and broccoli. Reduce heat to low. Return the chicken to the skillet. Sprinkle the chicken with additional paprika and black pepper. Cover and cook for 5 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through.

Resolution #1

Well it has been awhile since I posted. I have decided for 2011 to do things a little differently than my norm. So, that is why I am back and will be posting more often. Mainly because of my New Year resolutions.

Like most people they involve eating, exercise and money. But, I have additional ones. The first one has to do with my cookbook. I have wanted to do a cookbook for a long time. Something that has past and present recipes from the families. I have been mulling the idea around for quite some time. I narrowed it down to any family recipes. But I wanted to do more.

I have this large box with all of my loose recipes. Every time I see a recipe that I would like to make, in it goes. All of the family favorites are in there as well. So, I decided that I am going to go through the box, set aside the tried and true and get to working on the ones that I have been saving for a rainy day or a miracle or something. So, starting this weekend I am going to weed through my box of recipes. Throw out the ones that we don't like, including the ones that are "OK" and only keep the ones that are really good or "You need to make this again" worthy.

Now since I am a procrastinator, I figured I would probably be done sometime before I died. But I was inspired last night by watching Julie & Julia. Julie did all of Julia Child's recipes from "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in 1 year. Well since I am not doing anything so grand as French cooking it should take me less time, don't you think?

So, starting this weekend I will be doing my own version of Bon Appetite'. God help us all!