Chips Casserole

Yes, a chips casserole! Yes there is actually chips in it.  It may not be the healthiest meal, but I can guaranty you that you will love it!  It's always a hit when I bring it to a potluck diner. This casserole is even better the day after. 



Ingredients:
2 celery stalks, minced

 

2 hard boiled eggs (cut in pieces)

2 cup of cooked rice (I use Minute Rice-- 2 cup of water for 2 cup of rice, then use all of it)

2 cup of Mayonnaise

2 cans of cream of chicken

2 chicken breasts, cooked and diced

 

2 bags of plain chips: 1 for the mixture and one for the top (that you will crush in pieces)
1 small onion (optional)

Cook each ingredients separately.   Chop, minced and dice the ingredients. In a large bowl, mix the celery, eggs, rice, Mayonnaise, chicken, cream of chicken, onion and ONE bag of chips.   Once all the ingredients are mix well, pour it in a in a large rectangle Pyrex pan or 2 square one.  Cook at 350C for about 25-30 minutes, until it's the top of the casserole is golden. Once it's golden, pour the second bag of crush chips on the top.

For the chips on the top, I usually prefer to keep the bag by the casserole, so everyone can choose to put it on or not. Also if there is left overs, that way the chips won't get all stale. I forgot to take a picture of the final product (oups!). But here how it looks without the chips

 

Hope you will enjoy! If you try it, let me know what you think :D

 

 

 

Ham and Potato Soup

I personally love soups and could eat it all the time. After looking at different recipes, I’ve came up with my own.  Sadly, I’m the only one that liked this soup. My husband and kids are not fan of soup in general.

 

My version (measurements are an estimate as I did it more by eyes):

3 Large potatoes, diced

¼ to ½ cup of kernel corn (I used frozen corn)
¼ cup of celery, finely chopped
2-3 ounce of ham, diced (use frozen leftover ham)

1 ½ - 2 cups of chicken broth

½ a can of evaporated milk
1-2 tablespoon of margarine
2-3 tablespoon of flour
Salt and pepper (season to your liking)

 

In a sauce pan, put the potatoes, celery and corn. Add water just enough to cover the potatoes. Boiled until the potatoes are cook.  In the meantime, in a frying pan, melt the margarine.  Once it’s melted, add the flour, one tbsp at a time.  Mix well.  It will give you a paste. Then add the chicken broth.  It will become almost like gravy.  Once everything is blended, add the evaporate milk. Shimmer until the potatoes are cook. Add the diced ham. Take both pans of the heat.  Pour the frying pan mix in the sauce pan.  Stir well.

 

Hope you like it!

 

 

Do you like soup? What is your favorite?  How about the rest of the family?

 

 

Bread Maker Dinner rolls

This is my first attempt to make dinner rolls.  I'm using this recipe  http://tammysrecipes.com/just_like_lamberts_throwed_rolls

Yield: 

12 large dinner rolls

Ingredients: 

1 teaspoon sugar
2 1/4 teaspoons (1 pkg.) active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water (110-115 degrees F)
1 cup warm milk (110-115 degrees F)
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) melted butter
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon salt
4 cups all-purpose or bread flour

Bread machine instructions:
Put 1 teaspoon sugar, the yeast, and the warm water into the bread machine. Allow to rest for 5 minutes. Add the warm milk, melted butter, sugar, and egg. Add 3 1/2 cups of the flour, and add the teaspoon of salt on top of the flour. Start the DOUGH cycle. Check dough after 10-15 minutes and add more flour if needed (I use exactly 4 cups).
Allow DOUGH cycle to finish and the continue at step 5 above

5. Liberally butter a 12-cup muffin pan. With buttery hands, deflate the dough and divide into 24 pieces. Roll each piece into a ball. Place two balls in each muffin cup. Gently grease the tops and cover with a clean towel.
6. Let rolls rise in a warm place until nearly doubled in size, about 45 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and bake rolls for 20-25 minutes, until tops are browned and rolls are done. (Check rolls after 15 minutes, and cover loosely with foil to prevent excess browning, if needed.)
Toss hot rolls and serve with butter, honey, and/or sorghum molasses!

Can't wait for them to be done, and see how they taste :D  I'll come back with a review and pic!

What is your favorite bread recipe??

Chocolate Chips Banana Bread

I finally successfully made a good banana bread for the first time.  Every other time that I tried before, there was never enough bananas in the recipes.  This one was a hit with the whole family. Here's the recipe that I used:

2 c. flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 c. butter, softened

1 c. sugar

2 eggs

3 very ripe bananas, mashed

1 c. chopped pecans or walnuts (optiona)

1-1 1/2 c. chocolate chips

Sift flour, baking soda and salt together. Cream butter, sugar and eggs in mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Add flour mixture gradually, beating well after each addition. Add bananas; mix well. Stir in pecans and chocolate chips. Pour into greased and floured loaf pans. Bake at 350 F. for 45-60 minutes or until loaf tests done.  From http://sweetandspicyco.blogspot.com/2010/04/chocolate-chip-banana-bread.html