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Another mythologizing creature… sharing sparks of intellectual passion!
Once a week we have friends over for some tabletop gaming, and I provide dinner — it is, in fact, one of the two meals a week which I make. They're very sweet friends, too, in that they each toss $5 into the kitty for food. There are five of us total, and of course there are some specific food needs. For example, one of the people there is Jewish, and two are pre-diabetic, and two loathe fish, and two have digestive issues with a few particular kinds of food (such as onions or celery), and one has allergies, and all of us could stand to lose a little weight. Also the dinner that night must be the equivalent of six meals.
Hence the following recipe. The nice thing about it is that I realized the directions didn't say what size or sort of pan to use. Consequently I decided to try for portion control, as per the request of two of the folks attending gaming night. I made the chicken mix up, spooned it evenly into five oven-safe glass ramekins, then stretched out the biscuits so they were the same size as the top of the ramekins and simply set them on top. I cooked them for the same amount of time too, though I kept a close eye on them to make sure it wasn't too long. Worked beautifully, and everyone loved them — this one's a keeper!
Other changes: instead of onion I used a Lipton's powdered onion soup mix packet. I left out the celery entirely, but there were other veggies (corn and cauliflower) mixed into the frozen veggies I used, so that substituted nicely. I forgot the pepper, and I made up some poultry seasoning based on a recipe I found on-line, though I think it was just a little more salty than I usually like… so I'll probably use less poultry seasoning next time. Enjoy!
Chicken & Biscuits Pot Pie
(4 to 6 servings)
Ingredients
2 tablespoons butter
1 large onion, chopped
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1 large rib celery, cut into 1/8-inch pieces
2-1/2 cups bite-sized pieces of rotisserie chicken (white and dark meat)
1 cup chicken stock or broth
1 10.75-ounce can condensed cream of potato soup, undiluted
1 cup frozen peas and carrots
1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
1/8 teaspoon black ground pepper
1 16.3-ounce tube large, flaky refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
milk, for brushing
Directions
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Also a few nights later I made the following in the crockpot, which I love so much! I'm starting to become a real fan of the ease of use of chicken breasts too. Simple & fast wins again: yum! :)
Chicken & Herbs
(4 servings)
Ingredients
4 chicken breast halves, with bones
2 medium potatoes
2 carrots
1/3 cup water
1 envelope Lipton® Recipe Secrets Savory Herb with Garlic Soup Mix (1 oz.)
1 tablespoon olive oil
Directions
Notes
from Slow Cooker Comfort Foods by Bonnie Scott (Kindle, 2013), p. 83.
Bestiaries depict mythical, moralizing animals, but are also potential allegorical sparks that can bloom into brilliant mental bonfires. My bestiary is this mythologizing animal's fascinated exploration of beauty & meaning in the wonder of existence -- in the hopes of inspiring yet more joyous flares of intellectual passion.
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