OK all you country cooks I need some help...

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Several varietys of pasta, rice, cream of mushroom soup, tomato soup, spaghetti sauce, cheddar cheese, Mexican blend cheese, milk, cream, canned mushrooms, a variety of veggies, eggs of course, potatoes, and a large variety of seasonings.

Ok, lets see....hmmmm...chop up some onion, celery, any kind of sweet pepper and saute in skillet with butter, oil, or bacon drippings. Boil your spaghetti until just tender (not too soft). Grease a big casserole dish with butter or oil. Drain your spaghetti and add a little butter to it, stir in your sauted veggies and add can of mushroom soup thinned out with a little cream or milk. You can add more veggies depending on what you have...broccoli would be good, maybe even corn. You could try the potatoes too, but I think they would be better on the side. Anyway...combine the chicken, spaghetti and the veggie-soup mixture (should be kinda creamy/juicy), season to taste (whatever you like) pour into the casserole and bake about 30-45 minutes (until good hot through and bubbling). While that is cooking, grate the cheese (whichever one you like-I like to use the Mexican blend cheese sometimes-adds a little kick). Sprinkle over the top of the casserole once it is good and hot, stick back in oven and turn it off. Let it stay in until cheese melts good. Stewed potatos are good (peel and boil until tender-pour out some of liquid and use cornstarch or flour with water to make a thickener) put the flour/water mix into the water that is left in the pan of potatoes and continue simmering until it starts to thicken. Season with butter, pepper or whatever yall like. Make sure you salt the water of the potatoes as you cook them, they don't absorb salt well once they are cooked, but you probably know how to cook potatos already...so I'll shut up! lol Or you could just bake the potatoes to save time-no peeling. Anyway, what ever other vegetable you want to cook on the side, maybe something green?, with some bread or rolls, or even biscuits, slice some tomatoes or a salad...your set.
 
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Thanks Kim....but I don't have cream cheese, they don't like chicken pot pie, and I don't have any wild rice. But I really appreciate the suggestions.
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Several varietys of pasta, rice, cream of mushroom soup, tomato soup, spaghetti sauce, cheddar cheese, Mexican blend cheese, milk, cream, canned mushrooms, a variety of veggies, eggs of course, potatoes, and a large variety of seasonings.

Ok, lets see....hmmmm...chop up some onion, celery, any kind of sweet pepper and saute in skillet with butter, oil, or bacon drippings. Boil your spaghetti until just tender (not too soft). Grease a big casserole dish with butter or oil. Drain your spaghetti and add a little butter to it, stir in your sauted veggies and add can of mushroom soup thinned out with a little cream or milk. You can add more veggies depending on what you have...broccoli would be good, maybe even corn. You could try the potatoes too, but I think they would be better on the side. Anyway...combine the chicken, spaghetti and the veggie-soup mixture (should be kinda creamy/juicy), season to taste (whatever you like) pour into the casserole and bake about 30-45 minutes (until good hot through and bubbling). While that is cooking, grate the cheese (whichever one you like-I like to use the Mexican blend cheese sometimes-adds a little kick). Sprinkle over the top of the casserole once it is good and hot, stick back in oven and turn it off. Let it stay in until cheese melts good. Stewed potatos are good (peel and boil until tender-pour out some of liquid and use cornstarch or flour with water to make a thickener) put the flour/water mix into the water that is left in the pan of potatoes and continue simmering until it starts to thicken. Season with butter, pepper or whatever yall like. Make sure you salt the water of the potatoes as you cook them, they don't absorb salt well once they are cooked, but you probably know how to cook potatos already...so I'll shut up! lol Or you could just bake the potatoes to save time-no peeling. Anyway, what ever other vegetable you want to cook on the side, maybe something green?, with some bread or rolls, or even biscuits, slice some tomatoes or a salad...your set.

Basically your saying do a chicken version of Tuna Noodle Casserole with potatoes on the side? Yeah that would work, but instead of the potatoes I think I would put a veggie on the side. The pasta would be enough starch for one meal, but thanks that's an idea I can work with.
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Here is a very good way to use left over chicken and gravy. Put your chicken and gravy in a oblong baking dish, get some grad biscuits and place them on top of the gravy mixture bake in a 350 degree oven for about 35 to 40 min or until biscuits are golden brown then enjoy!!! Oh I also put frozen tiny peas in the gravy mixture. I use this recipe with left over turkey and gravy too. I have been a cook and in the family style restaurant bussiness for a long time and I love try new recipies too.
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cream of chicken soup
cream of mushroom soup
stove top stuffing
combine chicken and soup prepare stove top as box says spread all over chicken and soup put in oven and bake for 30 min on 350 there you go.
 
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That's a cool idea...I can work that biscuit thing into my casserole idea for tonight.


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I've never used store bought stuffing, I'm not sure if my crowd would like it. I make my stuffing out of leftover cornbread, that's how I use it up. We never eat the whole pan of cornbread and I really hate wasting food. I'm not really sure if they would like me dumping soup on their stuffing but I really appreciate the suggestion. Thanks!!
 
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Yeah I know about the potatoes and the spaghetti being 2 starches. But men don't care about that, they just like to eat what they like and I have never met a man that didn't like potatoes!
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Great link...thanks. That Chicken and Biscuits recipe looks good.

It's not the filling they don't like about the chicken pot pie it's the crust. They don't like pie crust with a savory dish. So the chicken and biscuits would work.
 
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That is so true. They would make a meal of all starches if I let them. I have to be the heavy and make them eat their veggies.
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