Quick Chicken Broccoli Casserole For Dinner

If your looking for quick Chicken Casserole Recipes, then look no further. I have said it before, I find some of the best family meal ideas right on the Campbell’s soup can.

I found a great side dish  called Broccoli ‘n’ Cheese Casserole on the label but wanted to make a meal of it so I added in some chicken and pasta and it turned out to be one of the best Chicken Recipes for a casserole.

My family loves it and yes its another one of those great $5 dinner meals to add to your cheap meals recipe collection.

Chicken, Broccoli ‘n’ Cheese Casserole

Chicken Casserole Recipes

Chicken Casserole Recipes

Found on Campbell’s Soup can and added to it

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Bake Time: 30 minutes
Serves 4- 6

Meal Preparation Ingredients:

  • 1 lb skinless, boneless chicken cut-up (use what cheap or already in the freezer)
  • 3 cups corkscrew pasta (rotini), cooked and drained
  • 1 can (10 3/4oz.) Campbells’ Cream of Mushroom Soup
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 bag (16oz.) frozen broccoli flowerets, thawed
  • 1 tbsp. Dijon-style mustard
  • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
  • 1/2 cup Italian-seasoned dry bread crumbs
  • 1 tbsp. melted butter

Meal Preparation Directions:

  1. Stir soup, milk,mustard, broccoli and cheese in a 2-qt casserole dish or pan.
  2. Mix in chicken and pasta.
  3. Mix bread crumbs with butter and sprinkle over mixture.
  4. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until hot.

Meal Assembly:
Add a dinner salad and side of fruit.

TIP: Double the batch for a make ahead freezer meal next week.

Need something different? Try this easy Mexican recipe: Straw Hat Casserole

For more great dinners with chicken here is list of 7 simple and quick dinner ideas: Chicken Recipes

January 15th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Dinner Recipes, Casserole Cooking | 7 comments

Recipezaar’s Top 100 Recipes of 2008

I thought it would be fun to post the top food recipes of 2008. Yep these are the best of the best. I love searching for the newest and greatest free recipes online and there are so many great sites and blogs to give just that.

Recipezaar is probably the #1 recipe website by my standards. As a member you get to enjoy their cool newsletters highlighting featured chefs and free recipes each week.

I have found so many tricks and tips and simple recipes from their website.  I recommend browsing their website, you won’t be disappointed.

Today’s newsletter listed the top 100 recipes of 2008. WOW!! There are some great copycat recipes I have got to try, like KFC’s coleslaw (the only kind I like) and Hooters Buffalo Wings (sorry honey, now I can make them right at home) and of course Cracker Barrels Hash Browns Casserole (YUMMY)!!

Here is the top 25 food recipes and a link to the entire list.

Recipezaar’s Top 25 Food Recipes of 2008

1) Better Than Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce
2) P. F. Chang’s Chicken Lettuce Wraps
3) Bourbon Chicken
4) Puppy Chow or Monkey Munch
5) Best Ever Banana Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
6) To Die for Crock Pot Roast
7) Soft Snickerdoodle Cookies
8) Fannie Farmer’s Classic Baked Macaroni and Cheese
9) Jo Mama’s World Famous Spaghetti
10) Beer Bread
11) The Best Chili You Will Ever Taste
12) Whole Chicken Crock Pot Recipe
13) Crock Pot Chicken W/ Black Beans and Cream Cheese…yum!
14) Creamy Cajun Chicken Pasta
15) Mexican Ceviche
16) P. F. Chang’s Mongolian Beef
17) Cracker Barrel’s Hash Browns Casserole – Copycat
18) Ww 0 Point Weight Watchers Cabbage Soup
19) Peach Cobbler
20) Amazing Chicken Tortilla Soup!
21) Sesame Chicken
22) Delicious Chicken Pot Pie
23) KFC Coleslaw
24) Hooters Buffalo Wings
25) Best Grape Salad

Oh so many good food recipes to chose from, I’m like a kid in a candy store. Enjoy and Happy Cooking – Machelle

Here is the complete article link: Recipezaar’s Top 100 Recipes of 2008

Here are the top 5 free recipes searched on Cheap Meals For Your Family:

Easy Meatloaf Recipe

Goulash Recipe

Crock Pot Pot Roast

Chicken Recipes

Cheap Meals Week Of Recipes

January 9th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Cooking Tricks & Tips | One comment

A Classic Campbell’s Easy Freezer One Dish Meal


As I prepare my meals for the month I always choose a Campbell’s Recipe for my quick one dish meal. Campbell’s creates some of the best easy freezer recipes I have found. I love the fact that I can look right on the can for something different to try.

I found this Chicken Pot Pie Recipe, I tried it and we love it. Most of the Campbell’s recipes use 5 ingredients or less and are $5 or less to prepare.

As of today I will start pulling my Monday recipe’s from the Campbell’s Kitchen, soup can or cookbook as I really can’t stress enough to try and incorporate these recipes into your meal planning, they are truly the best low budget meal ideas for simple cooking.

Easy Chicken Pot Pie Recipe

Campbells’ Kitchen
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 30 minutes

Meal Preparation Ingredients:

  • 1 can (10 3/4 oz) Campbell’s Cream of Chicken Soup
  • 1 pkg (approx. 9 ozs.) frozen mixed vegetables, thawed
  • 1 cup of cubed cooked chicken or turkey
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup of all purpose baking mix (like Bisquick)

    • Meal Preparation Directions:

    1.    Mix soup, vegetables and chicken in a 9-inch pie plate
    2.    Mix milk, eggs and baking mix.
    3.    Pour over chicken chicken mixture
    4.    Preheat oven to 400 degrees and bake for 30 minutes or until golden

    Meal Assembly:

    Serves 4- 6 – add a mixed green dinner salad and a bowl of fresh fruit for a delicious cheap and easy one dish meal that is healthy for the heart.

    TIP: Used canned chicken or left over turkey from the freezer.

    Tip: Double the batch for one of the easiest make ahead freezer meals.

    December 9th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Dinner Recipes, Casserole Cooking | One comment
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