Stick To Your Bones Good.

We are gearing up for a Nor'Easter here this weekend. I am thanking my lucky stars it is not yet snow storm season. I spent the day gathering up outside toys, and running errands so I won't be stuck doing them in the rain tomorrow.

The chilly autumn air has made me spark up my cooking (which seems to fade every summer, much the the dismay of my family, or maybe not, maybe they are all grateful for easy summer thrown together meals, who knows) and what better way to say thank you to you, my awesome readers than to share a secret-until-today family recipe.

Oh okay and a giveaway!

Just because I love you.

And because I want you to always love me.

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Fair? I am a briber.

Don't worry, even if you don't win, you will love me after you eat this stick to your bones good food. It is my great grandmother's recipe. We call it:

Grammy's Chicken

What you'll need:

• chicken breast, boneless (I use about 1.5 lbs for our family of 6. You can use more or less.)

• 1 can cream of mushroom soup

• 1.5 can fulls of milk (I use the cream of mush soup can)

• 1 pkg dry onion soup mix

• 1 pkg brown gravy, prepare as directed

• mushrooms. Use a can, use some fresh ones, just don't use the "special" ones those kids in high school dared you to eat. (I'm not much of a daredevil, so I never tried 'em, but I don't think they'd taste too good in this recipe.)
• minced garlic if you like it. Skip this if you don't

• Salt and Pepper to taste

• mashed potatoes (my choice) or rice to serve the chicken on.

What to do:

Prepare the gravy, and start your potatoes or rice, that way everything is ready together.
In a large pan, cook the chicken breast. Season with salt and pepper. When fully cooked, transfer to a plate. In the same pan mix all of the following ingredients together: cream of mush. soup, milk, onion soup mix, mushrooms, prepared gravy, garlic. Cook over medium heat. Watch it get bubbly. While the mix is cooking, you'll want to shred (my preferred method) or cut up the chicken into teeny tiny bites. Again, I urge you to shred it. It is better that way.
Once the chicken is done, dump it on it with the gravy, soup mix. Stir it all together and simmer for a few minutes.
Serve over your mashed potatoes or rice. Enjoy. Think of my Grammy B. She was a cool lady.

photo was taken with my phone. Sorry for the poor quality.

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