23 Days till Christmas..Eat this..Chicken and Dumplings

Can you believe it???  23 days till Christmas????  HOLY COW!! 

FAST AND EASY CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

1 can white chicken, chunk (7-12 oz) {use any leftover chicken or turkey}
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can biscuits (5)
1/4 c. butter
Milk
Flour

Combine chicken, soup and butter in pan. Add approximately 1/4 cup of milk. Pat biscuits out flat in flour. Cut in 1/4 inch pieces. Bring above sauce to a boil, stirring frequently. Drop in biscuits, thin with milk (just a little). Let boil slowly for about 10-15 minutes or until dumplings taste done.

 

 

 

 

serve with: Mashed Sweet Potatoes

 

5 or 6 large sweet potatoes, peeled
1 stick butter
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. black pepper (optional)
1 tablespoon honey or maple syrup (more or less, to taste)

Peel potatoes and cut into quarters. Simmer in a large 3-4 quart pot of water with 2 tsp. salt added to water.

After 20 minutes or so, test potatoes with a fork to see if they are fully tender.

When cooked, drain water and return sweet potatoes to pan over still-warm burner (leave burner off or on very low heat).

Add butter to bottom of pan and stir until melted. Using a potato masher, mash the sweet potatoes with the butter, adding salt and pepper, to taste. Add honey to sweeten, stirring thoroughly.

Do not over sweeten the potatoes; the honey should be barely perceptible but it should enhance the natural sweetness of the potatoes.

Serve mounded with a pat of butter, if desired.

 

 

 

 

Also serve: Steamed Broccoli/Cauliflower

 

 

 

Put a small amount of water in the bottom of a pot. Wash and separate the spears and flowerettes of the broccoli and cauliflower. Place in a steamer, wire basket or colander (where they will not be in the water in bottom of the pot). Salt the vegetables and cover pan with lid. Let water boil for 5 to 7 minutes until vegetables are tender.

 

When tender remove from steamer and put in a bowl. Place butter on top - as much as you like - and serve. For variation you can also melt Velveeta cheese and pour over the broccoli and cauliflower.

Any fresh vegetables can be combined in this manner and prepared this way.

 

 

 

dessert: Angel Berry Cake

 

1 (10 inch) Angel Food cake
10 oz. pkg. strawberries, partially thawed
2 c. whipping cream
1/4 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

With knife, make slits at 1 inch intervals around top of cake between center and rim, cutting through cake from top to bottom. Insert strawberries into slits. Spoon juice over berries. Whip cream with vanilla, and sugar. Frost entire cake. Refrigerate 2-3 hours.

 

or..if you have time...

 

 

 

Strawberry Angel Cake

 

BAKE ACCORDING TO DIRECTIONS

 COOL

CUT INTO THREE LAYERS:

1 Duncan Hines™ Angel Food cake mix

IN LARGE BOWL, BEAT WELL:
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese ● softened
½ cup powdered sugar
½ cup granulated sugar

 

ADD:
1 large carton of Cool Whip™ (regular not lite)

 

LAYER THREE TIMES:
Angel Food cake
cream cheese & whipped topping frosting
1 can strawberry pie filling

 

ON THE THIRD LAYER, FROST ENTIRE CAKE WITH REMAINDER OF FROSTING

DRIZZLE PIE FILLING ON TOP OF CAKE LETTING FILLING DROOL DOWN THE SIDES.

CHILL OVERNIGHT

CUT WITH SERRATED CAKE KNIFE.

 

● TIP: Try using blueberry or cherry pie filling.

● TIP: Not as good (says who??)…but can substitute a bakery angel food cake if you are in a hurry.