So fall in New England is awesome - the leaves, fall sports, and finally the warm comfort food recipes come out of hiding! It was another casserole for Friday evening the 30th. It happened to be the evening that the kids in the development we live in were coming around trick-or-treating, so it was something easy to keep watch over while we awaited them with our big bag of candy thing:)
This casserole is definitely something you could pull together on a busy night, as most ingredients are probably those you'd have in your fridge or freezer. Think of it as a larger chicken pot pie but with cheese - warm, melty cheese.
In a large bowl I combined 1 can, 10 3/4 oz condensed cream of potato soup (love the chunks), 1 cup of milk, 1/2 tsp salt, 2 cups of cooked chicken, cut into small pieces, and 1 16oz bag of frozen, but thawed carrots, broccoli, and cauliflower. To this mixture I added 1/2 cup shredded orange cheese and a half cup of those can fried onions that are always so very hard to find at the grocery store - they put them in odd places, and never in the same place at different chains. Anyways, I mixed this all up and put it into a 9x13 pan, covered that with foil, and baked it at 350 for 25 minutes (preheated the oven first of course). After the 25 minutes, I took the foil off and popped open a can of crescent rolls. I rolled them all out, not forming them into cresent shapes, but cutting them into strips to make a lattice over the mixture. I then baked the casserole 15 minutes longer, uncovered, and after those 15 minutes added more cheese and fried onions on top and cooked it again uncovered about 4 more minutes, until the cheese melted and the onions browned a bit. Let me say = yum yum yum! I think the parents traveling with the trick-or-treaters wanted some! Maybe next year;) Anyways, this recipe was adapted from cooks.com, and it was the perfect chilly fall night meal. Will definitely be making this again, and maybe next time adding just a bit of spice (the husband that loves spice added hot sauce to his). It was the perfect amount and combo of veggies, meat, sauce, yummy bread, and the crunch - you always need some crunch in your meals - helps you stay away from those vending machines!
Next time - a meal that I DON'T have to follow a recipe for, which is not common :) Till then, enjoy eating!
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