A few observations for a Sunday:
First, Sunday comes WAY too early in my weekend. It feels like yesterday was Thursday and here I am back to dreading going back to work tomorrow. How does this happen?
Second, Lemonade Vitamin Water Zero rocks my world...until I saw the ingredient list... It's supposed to be a water substitute - why does it have ingredients that I can't pronounce?
Third, when my children don't get their scheduled naps, being a mom who drinks wine out of a sippy cup and pops pain pills doesn't seem so bad. Silas missed enough of his normal nap(s) today that he fell asleep during dinner tonight. Big problem. Anyone who has had to wake up a child like that knows the Hell and torture that is to come until you can get that child back to sleep. Luckily, he loves sleep like Corry and I do so he was right back to sleep after his bath and a bottle.
Today was supposed to be productive. I had an unstated to do list that was mostly done. There were several items that had to get done:
1. Section out that bacon and ground beef that I bought yesterday and get that in the freezer.
2. Do at least a few loads of laundry.
3. Make at least one freezer meal.
Chicken spaghetti it is. This recipe was adapted from the Pioneer Woman's awesome chicken spaghetti. Sometimes I will go back and make hers but usually I tweak it to our family's interests. We have recently discovered roasting our own Poblano chiles and so we include a sizeable amount of those in our adaptation.
Cheesey Chicken Spaghetti
3 cups cooked spaghetti - broken in half2 chicken breasts - cooked and cubed
2 cans cream of "something" soup - you can use your favorite mixture of mushroom, cheddar cheese, or chicken)
1 cup chicken broth
1 jar diced pimentos, drained
1 small onion - diced
roasted poblano peppers to taste - we used two whole peppers this time and it was a bit spicy
1.5 tablespoons seasoning salt
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
salt and pepper to taste
2.5 cups shredded cheese - we Colby Jack but have previously used cheddar/mozarella blend
-Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 13x9 pan and set aside.
-Cook chicken until done then cube. We boil on the stove. Place in large mixing bowl.
-Add salt to same water used to boil chicken and cook broken pasta according to directions on package. Drain and put in same bowl with the chicken.
-Add both cans of soup. Normally we use one cheddar cheese and one cream of chicken but we have also used one cream of mushroom instead of cheddar cheese soup and it turned out great as well.
-Add your broth, pimentos, onion, peppers, seasoning salt, cayenne, salt, pepper and shredded cheese to the pasta and chicken mixture. Stir until well combined.
-Pour into greased 13x9 pan and place in over for 45 minutes or until bubbly around the edges. Allow to set for at least 5-10 minutes before serving.
Let me know how you like it!!
