Zucchini Casserole

6 cups zucchini
1/4 cup onion
Boil for 5 minutes, drain. Reserve water to add to soup mixture if too dry. Add to soup mixture.

Combine:
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 cup sour cream
1 cup carrots
(I added about ½ cup zucchini water to make it more moist.)

Combine:
1/4-1/2 cup melted butter
8 oz. Pepperidge Farm Stuffing (the bag with blue on it)

Layer ½ the crumbs on bottom of 9x13 pan. Put all of zucchini mixture on top, then other half of crumbs. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Serving Suggestions: Serve as a main dish with a side salad, or as a side dish. Mmm...

White Chicken Chili

Sauté in Pan:

3 Chicken Breasts (or 12 chicken tenders) cooked w/ salt & pepper, then cubed. (I prefer less chicken)
1 Tb. Vegetable oil
½ tsp. Garlic powder
1 can of chopped green chiles
½ small yellow onion, chopped

Whisk together in a crock pot:
1 can chicken broth
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can of evaporated milk
1 cup water
1 tsp. Ground Cumin
1 tsp. Dried or ground oregano
¼ tsp. cayenne pepper
½ cup sour cream

Add to crock pot mixture:
1-2 cans of corn, drained
2 cans of northern beans, rinsed & drained (I usually add a third can of beans.)

Add the sauteed mixture to the crock pot & stir well.

Heat in crock pot on low for as long as you need to. I usually leave it for 5 or 6 hours. Remove the lid ½ hour before serving. This will thicken it up a bit. This recipe can also be warmed on the stove to serve immediately.

Serving suggestions: grated cheese, crushed saltine crackers, Fritos. (I prefer saltines, John prefers Fritos)

Note: To make this spicier you can add more green chiles, cumin and cayenne.

Spam, Eggs & Rice

This is one of Bo's favorite things that I make. I learned it from my friend Shawna. She laughed when she heard that we make it frequently. It's a nice, quick meal, that's relatively cheap for those times when you are straped by your budget.

Spam, Eggs & Rice
1 Can of Spam
2 cups of uncooked minute Rice
6-9 eggs (depending on how "eggy" you want it)
3-4 tbsp. Oil (I use olive oil)

Cook rice according to instructions on the box. Set aside. Cube Spam.

Crack eggs & beat. Heat oil in a large pan and scramble eggs. When the eggs are still soft and semi runny add spam to heat it. When eggs are cooked add cooked rice and mix well breaking up any large pieces of egg. Serve with Soy sauce.

*This really is just a version of fried rice, except the rice isn't fried. Healthier, maybe? Okay, maybe not with how unhealthy spam is... :)

**If you don't like spam, you could use cubed ham.

Bo likes his with soy sauce and a little cayenne pepper, I stick with just soy sauce. My 3-year old even likes it.

Green Salsa

I promised to post this. Here goes. Please note: the proportions are approximate, so give and take to your taste buds liking.

10 firm Tomatillos
2 jalepenos, chopped and seeded (unless you like it hotter)
1 bunch of fresh cilantro, separated using just the leaves
1/4 cup red onion, chopped

Boil Tomatillos until soft (about 8-10 min.). Peel the husk off and pull out the stem. Put in blender with onion, 1-2 TBSP. cilantro, and 1/4 of the chopped jalepeno. Blend until smooth. Taste. If you need a little more heat, add more cilantro and jalepeno. You be the judge. Chill and enjoy with your favorite tortilla chips. The salsa may get hotter as it ages overnight.