SUPER CHEESEY HASHBROWN CASSEROLE!

2 bags frozen hashbrowns)
1 can cream of chicken soup
2c sour cream
5c of sharp shredded cheddar cheese (lots of cheese, I know.)
1 green or red bell pepper, diced
1/2 large onion, diced
2t garlic powder
2t salt
2t white (or black) pepper

1. Chop the onion and bell pepper into a small dice.**
2. Add the seasonings and sour cream and cream of chicken soup and 3 cups of cheese.
3. Mix everything together.
4. Put mixture into a 9x13" greased baking pan.
5. Top with remaining cheese.
6. Bake in oven at 350 for 1hr and 20min. (If you're using the frozen hashbrowns may be done sooner, also, leave covered for the first hour.)

My version didn't get very brown on top but I'd rather have gooey cheese rather than crispy cheese so that is up to you.

I also make this at work and put crushed corn flakes on top but If you're like me, you'd much rather have CHEESE.
OK.
 I'm going to go stuff my face with this deliciousness now! :D



**You can add meat to this as well to make it a great breakfast casserole!

Even my aunt's dog liked it. :D

THE BEST HOMEMADE CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS EVER!!!!!!!

Brad and I made this meal together and it was super delicious!



4 Chicken breast
Lawrey's seasoning salt
Garlic Salt
Pepper
Enough water to cover chicken in crock pot


1. We cooked the chicken in the crock-pot in 1.5 to 2 hours on high.
2. Brad just adds the water to cover the chicken and a little more and adds quite a few shakes of the seasonings.

Once chicken is cooked, strain off the broth to get all the gross floaty bits and put the broth in a stew pot. Since the chicken was so tender I just shredded it into the broth.

While I was shredding, Brad made the dumplings. He did it mostly by eyeball measuring. But, if I had to guess,

2 1/2c Jiffy baking mix
1c milk, 2%
1/2c chicken broth
salt and pepper (just a few pinches)

He beat the batter for quite awhile and it was still fairly tacky when we were plopping them into the soup but it worked great! Oh, last night we made roast and so I threw in some of the cooked carrots and we minced in some celery. You can add even more veggies if you like and it'd be really good if you cooked them in the crock-pot with the chicken to add even more great flavor! We taste tested the broth before we started adding the dumplings and decided it needed a little more garlic salt and pepper.

So, We got the broth and chicken to a raging boil and started forming small balls with the dough and plopping them in! You'll want to stir every few minutes also. Once you get all the dumplings in, turn it off and (brad doesn't think you're supposed to cover the pot but he did anyway) cover the pot and let it sit for 5min. Since we had the pot at a nice rolling boil the dumplings were cooking nicely.

Brad's definition of a good dumpling is when it's like bread on the inside, which is exactly how they turned out!

And the baby definitely loves the chicken and dumplings! He is kicking away! :)

I hope your attempt at chicken and dumplings turns out just as fantastic! I've already had 3 bowls while typing! Ha! Enjoy!

Brad's Noodle Dish

This recipe is all a guestimate kind of thing but I will do my best to give you a general idea.

Half a bag of noodles
--You boil the noodles in the following:
oregano powder
garlic salt
pepper


Once noodles are done, drain.
Add butter and milk.
Add more garlic salt and pepper to taste.

That's it.
Also. I love his green beans that he makes.
He cooks them in butter and seasons with Lawrey's. That's it. They're delicious and so much better than plain green beans.