Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole

3 to 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast, seasoned, cooked, and diced
Can of 98% fat free cream of chicken
8 oz of fat free sour cream
1 teaspoon of poppy seeds

Stir all of this together and pour into a sprayed casserole dish.

To make the topping, crush one tube of townhouse or ritz reduced fat crackers
and mix with 1 TB of melted margarine or butter. Spread crackers over top of casserole and
sprinkle a little more poppy seeds on top.

Bake at 350 degrees until bubbly (20-25 min)

6 points per serving and this will serve about 6.

Yummy!

Well, I am really interested in turning my childhood, or anyone else's childhood, comfort food into a healthy "they will TRULY never know it is diet food" recipe. I feel like eating right is a life change, and it affects so many other things. I do think it is important to indulge every know and then, but wouldn't it be nice to FEEL like you are indulging yet not be because you have figured out a way to make your food healthy. My favorite compliment is when, after eating, I say, "Hey, that was weight watchers," and for people to be (or at least "act") surprised.

My point, my point is that I have started to follow food blogs (which are really fun), and I am terribly bad about making recipes, going through the trouble to figure out the point value for the recipe, really enjoying the recipe, and promptly forgetting the recipe. So this blog will henceforth contain photos, commentary on my epiphanies, and my newest yummy recipes (complete with points values for my weight watcher buddies).

Best of all...I NEVER make anything difficult because I don't have the time, and I have a picky eater at my house now (I am talking about Bryan, not Ty...Ty loves sushi, risotto, and escargots for goodness' sake...have you ever heard of anything so crazy!); therefore, I can not afford to by expensive ingredients for outlandish and unheard of recipes. It is ALL comfort food. YUM-O

Without further adieu...the first recipe (photo to come)

Chicken Spaghetti
(Serves 8; I made two small ones though that serve four and froze one for Bible study or Bunco nights)
One 8 oz box of cooked spaghetti (whole wheat or ronzoni-don't forget to salt your water)
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts cooked and diced (season chicken with salt and pepper)
can of 98% fat free cream of mushroom
can of 98% fat free cream of chicken
one diced onion
half of a bell pepper diced
can of rotel or diced tomatoes if you don't want it spicy
1/2 block of 2% velveeta cheese
1/3 cup of 2% cheddar cheese

Point value: 5 points per serving


Saute onions and bell pepper in skillet sprayed with olive oil spray until they are soft. Stir rotel (and I like black olives so I slice some and put them in the veggies too) into the onions and bell peppers and warm them up. In a BIG pot stir spaghetti, chicken, both soups, veggies, and cut up block of cheese to stir in as well. Pour all of that into a large casserole dish OR two small casserole dishes (and put one in freezer for Bunko night). Sprinkle with cheddar and bake at 350 degrees for around 12-15 minutes. ENJOY!

Tagged Before Bed

I was about to go to sleep, and decided to check my blog before bed. I have been tagged and have to post the fourth picture of the fourth folder of my photos, offer an explanation, link it back to KA, and tag some others. So here goes:

This is at Keith Ann's house and Ty is playing with Gray, Amanda's son who is really close in age to Ty.

I would like to tag Andie, Julia, Barbara, Ashley, Melissa, and Hugh.

On a side note: I am going to see Beth Moore and I am really excited about it.

Happy Valentines Day

Kalyn
Love Chris

Youk and Ty

Straw Wars

Boys

KA and ME

and our gifts

Short stuff and me

Ty and his beautiful Jenny

Love her

Abie (averie) and Ty

Two boys and their two kids

Big boy at the Carters

Snow day

Halloween Adam and eve

Soooo...in case you can't tell, I have the BEST friends ever...and I love you guys so much. Thanks, just thanks.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

Crystal

25 Random things: Andie I have things specifically here for you; look quickly.

Andie, I loved your 25 Random things, and I love the fact that your little girl is AWESOME! And ...I laughed out loud at UH-OH-song! Anywho, this looked like fun so I did it too; you do realize that our childless friends are rolling their eyes terribly at us; however, they will find out soon enough, and since they are surely in denial, it will be much worse for them. Sooo...you ready to have another yet? We need to see you soon! We are prolly going to come that way camping spring break or early part of summer.

Okay, so 25 random things about Tyson Howard Giles. I know you are DYING to know what "that boy" has been up to.

1. "That Boy" knows basic body parts: hair, eyes, nose, ears, tummy, teeth, "the toes" (thank you, Averie), knees, and "butt" (sounds okay coming from a boy)

2. Ty has really gotten to know his Uncle Ron, finally, because he is back with us from Florida, and they have a lot of fun together. Ty calls him Ronnie and loves Callie (Ron's dog), but he yells "NO, hush, and down" at Tiger (Ron's other dog).

Riding the Motorcycle with Uncle Ron

3. Ty loves to see the pish (fish) at church. We have been attending Temple Baptist, and Momma loves it! They have a lot for Ty to do, and is so cute in the nursery because he washes the dishes at the kitchen and plays plays plays with all the children.

4. Ty loves lima beans, sushi, edamame, escargot, foot (fruit), baked veggie ziti, and risotto ("That Boy" has very exquisite taste!)

5. He does not like nandy at all (verbal irony).

6. His grandma feeds him way toox much nandy (candy) and it makes me furious. Also, "Mom, do not feed him after three in the afternoon," is not so much a rule but a suggestion apparently.

7. He has new black converse shoes that are so cool.

8. He repeats EVERYTHING we say, including DAMN, and damn is said with PERFECT annunciation, unlike any other normal, decent word he says.

9. He loves baths and has a new sesame street potty seat that we are going to try because now he tells us when he has "poop." (we are so proud)

10. His favorite song is "My Name is James" from James and the Giant Peach, and it has been putting him to sleep without fail since 2007.

11. He "freestyles" on his power wheels four wheeler. I will post video later. We thought, at first, that he didn't like it because it was too fast. We were wrong. It was too slow. Upon sitting on the power wheels, he will immediately begin to look at us incredulously, as if to say, "Seriously, I can walk faster than this!" and we soon found out that he just wanted to make it more extreme.

12. He bites hard.

Qbut then...

13. He loves hard. His love language is going to be physical touch, and I know this because he pats me, holds my hand, sticks his face in my hair to go to sleep, and runs full speed to me for a hug and kiss at least every 30 minutes.

13.5 When you tell him not to touch something, he will get this, pardon the expression but no other phrase fits as well, "sh**-eating" grin on his face, point his pointer finger straight out and slowly advance toward said forbidden object almost, but not quite, touching it, literally centimeters away, and "ACT" as if he is about to do what you told him to do until you almost pass out from trying to hold in the laughter that is about to burst out of you. Hilarious, but B-A-D!

14. He loves his Papa's hats, and looks darn cute in a "two-huge" hat. On a side note - his papa loves him more than I have ever seen him love anything. Ya'll know my dad as a stoic, stern-faced man. Well, not anymore, he is a big ball of mush, and it is hilarious!

15. He has trouble saying his T's and G's, which is sort of a problem... Tyson Giles.

16. He would be outside all day, everyday, no matter what. He loves to swing, slide, balance on his balance board (it's a skater/wakeboard thing), and he LOVES bubbles, tractors, trucks, balls, and anything that goes vroom.

At the bowling alley

17. He loves to dance, sing, and rock out on his new guitar. How ironic will it be if he ends up with musical talent?

18. He walked at 10 and a half months, had teeth at 4 months, got out of his crib at 13 months, and learned to climb up and down the stairs at 16 months (which means I have not had a private shower in over 8 weeks). He has been on the go and not slacked up since he could figure out how to go.

19. He is a very good picker upper.

20. He loves to ride on puppies, no matter how big or small they are. Poor Lucie. She is a very good sport. They play tug of war to, and she wins, dragging him all around the floor, much to his delight.

21. He loves Elmo, Oscar, Caillou, Rogers, and Rainbow. (PBS)

22. He loves his momma more than anyone in the whole wide world (ask Bryan).

23. He loves the moon, tars, sun, and "The Sky, The Sky." Again compliments of Averie.

24. His best friends are Youk (Luke Bailey), Baby (Rebecca Carter), and Abbie, say it with a long "A" like it rhymes with baby (Averie Larson).

25. He wants a brudder very, very badly, and since he was the most easy going kid in the world, his mama thinks (probably very naively) that she is ready and willing for this as well. I hope I am right! Pregnancy and national boards in the same year; Do I dare climb that spooky old tree? Next year will be crazy. Oh well, up the meds and pray, pray, pray!

Whew...crazy long!