Recipe: Polish Chicken and Dumplings

This time of year, with 2+ feet of snow on the ground and temps that would make a polar bear wish for a tropical vacation, comfort food is usually the main thing on our menu.  A coworker recently shared this with me and I couldn't WAIT to try it!  It instantly became a new favorite, so I'm sharing it with you!  This super simple recipe will not disappoint.

Preheat oven to 350.

1 small box of frozen pierogies (we use Wegmans white or yellow cheddar, because we are cheese-aholics... but any flavor will work).  Flash boil until floating then drain.

2 chicken breasts- baked (or use leftover rotisserie, or heck even boil in the pierogie water if you're feeling super lazy).  Shred cooked chicken.

1 can of cream of chicken soup, mix with 1/2 can of milk, season with garlic salt and pepper.

In buttered/greased glass/casserole dish layer pierogies then shredded chicken on top.  Cover with seasoned cream of chicken soup mixture.

Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes.
 

Today...

I am bursting with excitement and trying to find a way to keep my trap shut.  It's hard.  I need distractions.

Normally, I would blog about it here, but I likely  have a handful of people reading this (ahem, spies from work... you know who you are...) that are not in the know... and won't be for a while.

Kevin is at work, I have the weekend off.  I SHOULD be studying, I WANT to be shopping (or relaxing on a tropical beach somewhere with an umbrella drink, but who doesn't want to be doing that?)... and I AM doing nothing.  Nothing productive at least.

It snowed yesterday for the first time this year, but didn't stick (thank goodness... I am not ready to shovel yet).  It has gotten considerably colder up here which makes me miss the south even more.  I am a tropical person, darnit.  What am I doing in upstate NY???

Well... I guess that's about enough whining out of me.  I think I might wake the Lucy monster up and take her for a run.

There was absolutely no point to this post... you may carry on.  :)

Baby it's cold outside

Brrr!!!  I know that 50* is NOTHING compared to what lies ahead... and in the midst of a typical Syracuse winter, 50* might very well warrant shorts, tank tops and island music.  However, waking up to 50 degrees this morning was a friendly reminder that I'm not in Florida anymore.

Last weekend, we pulled out the dreaded "Winter Clothes" box that we had stuffed in our spare bedroom.  It was the first step (you know, recognizing that you have a problem... that problem being that winter is coming).  Even though we lugged the box out of hiding... and into the closet room... we have yet to actually open it, take the clothes out, wash the clothes and hang the clothes up.  I am just not ready to accept yet that the gorgeous summer and fall we have had is over.

After another day or two like today, I don't think I would be able to deny it anymore.  If I can make it through the week before I have to attack that dreaded box, I'll be a happy girl.