Drucilla\'s Little Helpers: Vegetable stuffing casserole

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Published: August 11, 2008 08:39 am
Drucilla's Little Helpers: Vegetable stuffing casserole
George told me today at dinner to be quiet. Can you imagine that.We had fresh green beans with potatoes cooked on top, cornbread,fresh tomatoes, fried squash, corn from the garden and onions,cucumbers and a meat. I just kept talking about how good thesefresh vegetables were and he finally told me to quite talking andeat. I will have green beans to can this week and corn to put inthe freezer. And they'll be just as good this winter. Then I cantalk about them again.

I am getting to the age where I say a lot of "remember when." Well,last week I saw a friend, June Brown Carr, that I had when I wasabout 14. We were friends for a few years and then we graduatedhigh school and drifted apart. This would have been about 1959,1960, 1961. I saw her again in 1972 when her father passed away.Her mother, Ethel Brown, died last week and I visited with her atthe funeral home. I met her granddaughter and we were talking about"remember when" stuff. I asked June if she remembered when mysister and I used to go home with her after church on Sunday.Before we went back to church that night we would clean our blackpatent leather shoes. She would go in the kitchen and get a biscuitthen tear it into 3 pieces. We took a piece of that biscuit andshined our shoes. She said if her mom had known that she had wasteda biscuit she would have had a little talk with her. I also saw herbrother Darrell and he wanted to know where my red hair was. I toldhim it was at the same place his black hair was. Isn't it fun tosee friends you had as kids.

How many watched the TV show that I did last Monday night? It wasfun and I even learned something. It was about nutrition and thebrain. I hope you are feeding your brain good. It is most importantto feed it good to start the day off right. So many times we get ina hurry and don't eat right.

We make a chicken casserole using chicken flavored stuffing mix,cream of chicken soup, chicken broth and either cooked chicken orchicken out of a can. It is easy to mix that up, butter your bakingdish and bake at 350 for about 30 minutes. I came across a lady whodoes one using vegetables.

Vegetable Stuffing Casserole

1 package Stove Top chicken flavored mix

1 package California blend vegetables

1/2 cup melted butter

1 cup sour cream

1 can cream of chicken soup

Cook vegetables for about 5 or 6 minutes with a little onion. Makestuffing like the directions say to, then add butter. Put one halfof the stuffing mixture in a casserole dish, then the drainedvegetables and the other half of stuffing mixture over thevegetables. Mix sour cream and soup; pour over top of casserole.Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees. This should serve about 10 people.

Don't forget the Putnam County Fair continues through Aug. 16. Iwill be doing a cooking demonstration one night in the women'sbuilding but I don't know what night. Stop by and see me at theCountry Store and get some good homemade baked goodies or a nicehandmade craft.

If you have any questions or recipes to share, just give me a callat (931) 839-2313 or e-mail me at drucilla1@frontiernet.net.