Hits close to home...

As I mentioned earlier one of my dear friends' son has come down with bone cancer. I was sitting praying for him the other day when I thought hey what is something that my family appreciated a lot when my sister was sick that I could do to help out in some little way...Boom. Food!

One is so crazy busy that they don't have time or forget to eat something good. I scoured recipe after recipe for something that I could pre make and they just toss in the oven. I decided on a casserole. And I must say thank goodness for casseroles making easy one pot meal dishes. This one turned out particularly well I thought after some tweeking of the original recipe (the original tasted rather bland and didn't have any rice in it). I ended up creating Cheesy Chicken Broccoli and Rice Casserole with fresh French Bread, and Brownies. For the ice packs I used Beans and Ham soup along with Butternut Squash Bisque. I Make large batches of stews and soups and always freeze half the batch for later meal sized...

The Cheesy Chicken and Broccoli with Rice Casserole Recipe is:

3/4 of a small rotisserie chicken shredded

2 cans of cream of chicken soup

1 cup of mayo

2 cups shredded cheddar cheese, reserve about 1/4c for the top

1 bag frozen broccoli, thawed and chopped

salt & pepper to taste

2 cups cooked rice

Garlic and Onion powder to taste

Milk to thin out the casserole I used 1/4-1/3 cup

 

Mix everything together and place in your casserole dish and top with remaining cheese. Bake at 375 for about 30 min until warm and bubbly.

 

I tossed a little left over mozz on top because I had it laying around but you really don't need it...