Poppy Seed Chicken

Matthew has talked about his momma's poppy seed chicken before and when we had our cooking day a couple of weeks ago she made some for us. I didn't realize how simple it was to make! We had some this past Sunday and it was SO good!   Here's the recipe from Matthew's mom!   Poppy Seed Chicken -3 cups chopped cooked chicken
-1 (10 3/4-oz.) can cream of chicken soup, undiluted
-1 (16-oz.) container sour cream
-3 teaspoons poppy seeds
-31 round buttery crackers, crushed (we used a sleeve of Ritz Crackers)
-1/4 cup butter, melted   Combine first 4 ingredients. Spoon mixture into lightly greased 11- x 7-inch baking dish.
Stir together cracker crumbs and melted butter; sprinkle evenly over casserole.
Bake at 350° for 35 to 40 minutes or until hot and bubbly.


After she made them we put them in these tin pans and just put them in the freezer for whenever we wanted them. You can either fix it right then or freeze it for later, either way it is SO simple to make!  

 

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Poppy Seed Chicken

A cleaning weekend

This past weekend was good. So good. Friday night Matthew had to study so we grabbed a pizza at Marcos and then he went back to his apartment to study. I went to my apartment and started laundry and watching Friday Night Lights. I picked up a little around the apartment and then six hours later I was almost finished with season three of Friday Night Lights and I had started and almost finished three new paintings. Yes, I watched six hours of Friday Night Lights and it was great. I love having some alone time every now and then and this was the first weekend we have been able to stay in Cookeville in over a month so it was just great.

 

Saturday I woke up in a cleaning mood which was good because it was cleaning day at the SOC house. We didn't have to be there until 10 to start cleaning, so I took advantage of that free time Saturday morning and deep cleaned my apartment and organized a little bit more.

 

We cleaned the SOC house for a good four hours and it looks A LOT better! We had a lot of help which was great and had everything ready for our cookout that afternoon. It was a cookout for returning students and new incoming students. The rain kept us inside, unfortunately but we still had a good time playing games and watching football. I am SO excited for school year to start back and for everyone to be back from summer break. We have a lot of fun things planned for the SOC and I am excited! Also, my two old roommates were back in Cookeville for the cookout and it was the first time we had all been together since May.

 

It was so good to have everyone back together again for a little bit!!

Sunday after church we went back to my apartment and had poppy seed chicken for lunch and it was delicious! Matthew went back to his apartment to study and I went grocery shopping and then last night we went to hear one of our friends preach and he did great!

 

As always this weekend went by way too quickly but it was a good one!! 

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Freezer meals- SO EASY!

On Saturday Matthew and I came home. We had planned on staying on Cookeville but he needed to have his car checked for a leak. We drove all the way home straight to the car shop and wouldn't you know the only guy that works there that can check that was off for the day. We should have called first, lesson learned! We had some pretty good plans for that day so it made up for it! Cooking and lunch with his parents. I was SO excited and couldn't wait to start cooking. I had told Matthew awhile ago that I wanted to cook a bunch of meat/meals and freeze it so I can just sit it out that morning and it be ready to cook/heat up when I get off. I had made a list on Thursday of what all I wanted fix so we stopped Kroger and got everything we needed. We also stopped by Dollar Tree to get these bad boys..

They are THE perfect pans to put meals in and freeze them and you get three in a pack for a DOLLAR! So, we did what any normal person would do and got 14 packages ;)

Seriously these are the perfect size for two people!   Since we eat tacos once a week #tacotuesday I wanted to fix some ground beef. We browned 3lbs of ground beef and then put them in freezer storage bags. I made 2lbs of Italian meatballs, I mixed all the ingredients and baked them in oven then let them cool and put them in freezer storage bags as well. We laid them flat in the freezer and they stacked in there perfectly!

  Matthew has told me about his momma's chicken pot pie before so I knew I wanted to make that and we ended up making two!

 We didn't bake them. We put them together and then just put it in a large freezer storage bag and when I get ready to make it I will set it in the freezer that morning and let it unthaw all day and then throw it in the oven for an hour!

 

I also wanted to make us breakfast burritos. I was getting tired of my banana and peanut butter every morning and Matthew's toaster strudles  aren't the healthiest and they weren't holding him over to lunch. These were very simple to make, I got the directions from HERE. She has great step by step directions with pictures and even heating directions!

 

We also bought some chicken, we boiled some for the chicken pot pie and some for the poppy seed chicken. Matthew and his dad grilled the rest for us to freeze :) Here is the poppy seed chicken casserole. Matthew's mom made this in like 5 minutes! I've never had poppy seed chicken so I am very anxious to try it. It looks delicious though :)

  To say I loved Saturday would be an understatement. It was just so fun hanging around the kitchen cooking with Matthew's mom and learning from her. I've said it before and I'll say it again she is the queen of the kitchen! She knows how to make everything! It honestly took a lot less time than I thought it would. I can't wait to have another cooking day and to try new things!   Do you make freezer meals? Anything I should try?

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Freezer meals- SO EASY!