Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole

From the kitchen of Stephanie Anne Frederick

2 c cooked diced chicken
2 c cooked diced ham
2 c instant rice (instant brown rice will take a little longer to cook)
2 c sour cream
2 cans of Cream of Chicken soup
2 c grated Swiss cheese
1/2 to 1 cup of milk

Mix together in a 9" x 13" casserole dish and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Simple Whole Roasted Chicken

Easy and tasty, this chicken has a sweet and savory flavor that is irresistable. Be sure to drizzle the drippings like sauce over your chicken.

4 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoon white sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 (4 pound) whole chicken
2-5 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 sliced onion (optional)


In a bowl, mix the salt, sugar, cloves, allspice, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Rub the chicken with the mixture. Cover chicken, and place in the refrigerator for 24 hours.*

Preheat oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C).

Stuff the chicken cavity with the garlic and onion. Place the chicken, breast side down, on a rack in a roasting pan.

Roast 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Reduce heat to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C), and continue roasting 15 minutes. Baste chicken with pan drippings, reduce heat to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C), and continue roasting 30 minutes, to an internal temperature of 180 degrees F (85 degrees C). Let stand 20 minutes before serving.

We didn't have time to do this and the chicken turned out SO FABULOUS, so I wouldn't worry about this step. We didn't use a rack in the roasting pan and it was fine. We added just a bit of water to the bottom of the pan.

Banana Bread

KATHY’S BANANA BREAD (Normandie Hays)

4 cups of flour
2 cups white sugar
1 ½ tsp salt
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup of shortening
1 square of butter or margarine (softened)
6 ripe bananas, mashed (to equal 2 cups)
4 large eggs
2 tsp vanilla flavoring
1 cup of chopped walnuts if desired

Mix dry ingredients together with electric mixer. Add shortening & butter and mix until completely blended. Blend in eggs and bananas. Add vanilla. Mix well and add walnuts.

Grease & flour 2 - 8”x4 ½”x2 ¼ “ loaf pans.
Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes. Test with cake tester or toothpick. Bake until tester come out clean.

Cool in pans for 10 minutes then empty pans onto a wire rack.