Broccoli Chicken Casserole

Ingredients
16 oz. bag frozen broccoli
1 cup cooked, cubed chicken (or one large can cooked chicken)
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup miracle whip
3/4 tsp. lemon juice
Heaping 1/4 tsp. curry powder
1 cup shredded cheese
Bread crumbs (about 2 slices worth)

Cook broccoli.

In bottom of 8x8 casserole dish, layer cooked broccoli then chicken.

Mix together cream of mushroom soup, miracle whip, lemon juice, and curry powder. Layer onto broccoli and chicken.

Top with shredded cheese then buttered bread crumbs.

Bake at 350F for 25-30 mins.

Angel Chicken Pasta

Ingredients

3 boneless, skinless chicken breast
2 T butter
1 (.7 oz) package Italian-style salad dressing mix
1/2 cup chicken broth
1 (10.75 oz.) can condensed golden mushroom soup
8 oz. cream cheese with chives
1 or 2 (6.5 oz.) cans sliced mushrooms
1 pound angel hair pasta or cooked brown rice

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
2. In large saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Stir in packet of dressing mix. Blend in broth and golden mushroom soup. Mix in cream cheese and stir until smooth. (I use a fork to beat it to blend in the last little cream cheese balls.) Add canned mushrooms (or if cooking slow cooker add directly with cubed, raw chicken). Heat through but do not boil. Arrange chicken breasts in single layer in 9x13 baking dish. Pour sauce over.
3. Bake for 60 minutes in preheated oven. Twenty minutes before the chicken is done, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a rolling boil. Cook pasta until al dente, about 5 minutes. Drain. Serve chicken and sauce over pasta. 

I also like to cube the chicken and cook in the slow cooker on high for about 4 hours. Then I freeze it in baggies for lunches and dinners later!

Uncle Larry's Meatloaf

(Yes, Kevin and I prefer totally different meatloaf recipes. I'm envisioning when we have older kids just mixing up half and half, putting them in muffin tins with color coordinated toothpicks and letting everyone pick their favorite version at the table.)

Ingredients:
Mix together:
1 ½ pounds lean hamburger
2 eggs
1 ½ cup crushed crackers (prefer Nabisco Vegetable Thins)
½ cup diced onion
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
½ cup milk
1/8 teaspoon liquid smoke

Bake at 325 degrees for 45 minutes, then add topping and bake another 15 minutes.

Topping:
1/2 cup catsup
2 Tbsp. mustard
2 tsp. honey