Dinner

Tonight I planned to have meatball subs... Until I looked in the fridge and remembered I had forgotten my hamburger meat. Blah.. I hate when I do things like that. I forgot about 5 important things on my list... I made a quick dinner that took me about 30 min or less and it was cheap... I decided since I had a couple of chicken breast and some broccoli I'd just make chicken and broccoli casserole... I normally slow cook chicken but since tonight I was in a crunch I just cut it in cubes and threw it in a skillet for about 15 minutes, steamed my broccoli for about 5 minutes, tossed some milk and cream of broccoli soup in a sauce pan. I never really measure anything. I tend to over do the things recipes call for that makes it taste so good. 1 cup of shredded cheese for me equals 2 cups! I layered it.. broccoli, chicken, a few sprinkles of cheese, poured my soup/milk, (2 cans) almost 2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese and bread crumbs. It was really good for a quick dinner. I had a few squash in the fridge so I stuck the casserole in the oven for about 15- 20 minutes and cut my squash. I steam squash until it's almost too tender but that's the only way anyone will eat it around here, I chop a little onion and a spoon of butter let it cook on med high for 15 minutes. Put rolls in the oven and dinner was ready. Everyone cleaned their plates. I'm all for fast cooking. Being from the south the best tasting foods are fried and with bacon grease.. I've gotten away from doing that as often. A few years ago I would have put some bacon grease in that squash, but now I add a little water and butter. It does taste different but it's still good... We have plenty left overs which I'll serve either for lunch or dinner. I'm going to start adding up what these meals cost so I can see just how far I can stretch food and money feeding my family healthy meals on a budget. Counting carbs for a casserole is near impossible for me... I guessed Keeli's serving at 18 carbs added the other since I knew it and waited a couple hours to check her HOPING I got it right... 2 hours after eating she was at 135.. Which means we did good!