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Chicken Broccoli Cheese Bake

 Saute cubed skinless chicken breast and 1/2 TBSP (more to taste) minced garlic in olive oil. You can also add whatever seasonings you like at this time. Saute for 10 mins or so, add 2 TBSP of flour and stir. Add one cup of water or chicken broth (I used water) place frozen or fresh broccoli and butter on top and let the steam start to cook the broccoli and melt the butter.

Chicken, Minced Garlic, Flour and Salt n Pepper Sauteing in Olive Oil

Add Water or Broth, place Broccoli and Butter on Top and Steam

 Mix 2 Cups of cream (any of your choice) with 2 cups of Sour Cream in large measuring cup. Add 2 Cups of Shredded cheese (any kind of your choice) and mix well together. 

Pour Cream and Cheese mixture over the top of chicken and broccoli. You can add more cheese or bread crumbs on top. (I did not)

*If your using an oven safe skillet as I did (Cast Iron) you can place the skillet into the oven at 350 for approx 30 mins or until top is brown and bubbly.

NOTE: If your not using an oven safe skillet, you must transfer the chicken and broccoli to an oven safe casserole dish before adding the cream and cheese mixture.

 You can add Sun Dried Tomatoes, Summer Squash or any Vegetable you want to change it up a bit.

This smelled Frickin Fantastic while baking in the oven...!  The Taste?  Even more Frickin Fantastic! 

Garlic Pull Away Bread

I'm not sure where I found this recipe,
for this incredibly delicious bread..!?

It. Is. So. Super. Easy...

Take pre-made frozen loafs of bread.  Thaw  the bread.
Cut in one inch slices just as you slice a piece of bread from the loaf.
Cut the the one inch pieces in 1/3.

Melt a 1/4 cup of butter in glass bowl

Add:

1 TBsp of Fresh or Dried Parsely

1 tsp of Garlic Powder

1/4 tsp of Garlic Salt

Mix together

Add a few pieces of the cut bread and coat evenly, place in a Greased Bread Baking Pan.

Continue to coat all bread pieces with butter mix and evenly place in pan.

Cover with towel for one hour to let it rise a bit.

Bake at 350 for 30 mins. 

 I made three loafs of this bread...

One in a single loaf bread pan.  Two loafs in a baking dish.

The two loafs I baked in the baking dish, I kept a bit larger in size per piece.
Only cutting the one inch piece in half.

Before it was baked.

After Baked

This bread is tasty alone or with your favorite Pasta Dish.

I ate mine today with the Lasagna I made...

Three Lasagna Pans made also today...

Two will be given for meals this week, one going to my BFF and family while one recuperates from surgery

and the other will be given to the Manager of my Business.
She is having her second baby on Tuesday...Enough Said 

Each will be getting a bag of the Garlic Bread Pull Aways...

The pans of Lasagna and Bread were  securely wrapped for the freezer until time of delivery..

I'm still deciding on what treat to send along....

My thoughts are leaning towards Red Velvet Cuppies since this is VDay Month...!!

I used my  Kitchen Aid Mixer for the first today:)) to mix the cheese sauce for the Lasagna.

LOVE IT

 I can already see a real Love Relationship starting...!!
*Sorry, Mother*

Have a great week, Ya'll

And thanks for Stoppin By...

Hugs..K