QUICK AND TASTY MEALS FOR BUSY MUMS-P2

One thing I noticed about living State Side is that this really is the land of convenience. Everything here makes life easier… In case you don’t want to get out your car to purchase medicine you go by the drive-through. Or maybe parking the car and walking to a cash machine is too much work for you, so we have the ATM-Drive through. Who wants to slice a bagel, when you can buy the bagel already sliced. The list of conveniences is endless!!

Now when it comes to cooking or baking I’m not into short cuts! I don’t consider using a packaged cake box REAL baking! But sometimes we have to lay our pride aside and go with what works best and that may be very true for mothers who are super busy.

I say all that to point you to the next recipe for quick and tasty meals for mothers because it does involve a short cut… Our friend Betty Crocker’s Au Gratin Potatoes!!

However this is a super wonderful meal and it works wonders on a cold rainy day (which thankfully are scarce in LA!!)… It has some yummy healthy veggies in it too…

Also there isn’t a huge list of ingredients needed…

This meal was originally made for us by a lovely lady we met at church who invited us to dinner… Jennifer Rice! Thank you for your hospitality and sharing this recipe with us! I enjoyed making it!

I hope you get to try it… CHICKEN BROCOLLI CHOWDER

INGREDIENTS:
1pkg Betty Crocker au gratin instant potatoes
3 cups of water
2 cups of milk
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
½ cup finely chopped onion
2 ½ cups chopped broccoli
1 ½ cups sliced carrots
1 chicken bouillon cube
1 ½ cup cubed cooked chicken

METHOD
- Place the water and milk in a large saucepan
- Whisk in the packet of sauce from the potatoes
- Add all ingredients except the cheese and chicken
- Bring to the boil then turn down the heat and simmer for 25+ minutes
- Add the chicken and cheese and simmer for another 10 minutes

Nice served with American style biscuits (known to us Brits as savory scons) or fresh crusty bread

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