Month: April 2009

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Food

SIL’s Chicken Casserole

While we were in GA about a month ago, Jason’s sister made this recipe of a big group of us. It was awesome. I got the recipe from here and hoped to make it while we were at the beach but we ended up having other things. I made it this weekend and it was so good & easy!! It made enough for us to have it Friday night then again throughout the day Saturday.
Ingredients
3-4 Chicken Breasts, cooked and chopped
1 can cream of chicken soup
8 oz sour cream
1 cup chicken broth
1.5 sleeve Ritz crackers
1/2 stick butter/marg

Directions
Cook chicken (I boiled but SIL said the best is crock potting the chicken) and cut up into bite sized pieces. Place chicken on bottom of baking dish (I used 9×11). Combine soup, sour cream & broth. Top chicken with mixed liquids. Bake for 20-30 minutes. Crumble up Ritz crackers (I only had 1/2 sleeve but would use more next time) and mix with melted butter. Top dish with cracker/butter and cook for another 10 minutes or until you think it’s done.
My SIL served with homemade mac n cheese, green beans, peas, biscuits and sweet tea~ gotta love southern cooks! We made kraft mac. 🙂 I think it would be good with rice too. On Sat we ate the leftovers without anything and it was great. Enjoy!

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Everything Else

I passed!

This is not one of “Suz’s Treats” (kinda the opposite!) but just wanted to let ya’ll know what I’ve been up to. I’ve been MIA recently while studying for a test for work. It’s officially called AIC 33. I took it this morning & passed! I need to take 6 different test like this one to be a “Sr” in my position. Three down and three to go. Now that its done, my nights and weekends are free again! I’m gonna take a couple of months off before taking the next one~ they get harder from here!

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Food

Strawberry Daiquiri Cake

My friend Brooke from work gave me this recipe a while ago because she thought it sounded like something I’d love. I remembered this receipe last night and thought I’d post it so we could make it down at the beach using fresh strawberries from Holden Farms. I can’t wait!
Strawberry Daiquiri Cake (Brooke’s friend Natasha)
Ingredients:
1 box cake mix (vanilla, yellow, strawberry) or enough gluten free cake mix to make a 2 layer or sheet cake
1 small box instant vanilla pudding
1 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk (fat free if desired)
1 16 oz. container of Cool Whip (Lite if desired)
1 can frozen strawberry daiquiri mix, thawed
Fresh strawberries, sliced with sugar sprinkled on them (or can use 1 bag frozen strawberries, thawed & sliced with sugar). Leave some juice on them.
Red food coloring (optional)
Directions:
Mix cake as directed on package, adding small box of instant pudding. Bake cake as directed on package in 9×13 greased baking pan. Let cool 10 minutes then turn cake out onto wire rack or wax paper and allow to completely cool.
To make frosting: Stir sweetened condensed milk & daiquiri mix together. Then fold in cool whip. A drop of red food coloring may be added if desired for color (but not too much or will make frosting too runny.) If this is done before cake is ready to put together, put this mixture back in refrigerator.
Split cake into 2 thin layers using dental floss. Put the bottom half back into pan. Use fork to punch holes in cake.
Spread enough strawberries (& juice) to cover layer of cake.
Spread layer of frosting on top of strawberries.
Put top half of cake over frosting. Use fork to punch holes in cake.
Add more strawberries (if desired) then frosting on top half of cake. Can put strawberries under frosting and/or on top of frosting for decoration.
Refrigerate. (Frosting will set up a little more once refrigerated.)

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Everything Else Family/Travel

Beach Weekend Reads

So I’m heading to OIB for the first of hopefully many trips this spring & summer. My favorite thing to do at the beach is read. It kinda drives my mom crazy since her favorite thing to do on the beach is talk! I have four books set aside for 3 days off. Ha! I started Breaking Dawn tonight (its the fourth & last of the Twilight series). I’m also bringing Marley & Me (which is the April XO Alum selection & its perfect to hide tears with big sunglasses), Election (May nestie book club selection), and Multiple Bles8ings (probably kinda cheesy but I love the show & thought it’d be a good beach read). I can’t wait!! Anyone reading this read any of those books? Have any favorite beach reads?