Welcome to Heart Tips Tuesday - Chicken Casserole recipe & Products

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Hiddy Ho Sweet Friends,

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So how is your week going so far???

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Fine, I hope. Mine is going well, catching up on some

household chores cause I am finally feeling a bit peppier

than the last few weeks. Think it was our air filter and

since it has been cleaned I am feeling considerably better.

Did I tell you about that yesterday??

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I hope not, I did tell someone, but I type so many comments

on blogs and send so many emails at times, I forget who

I told what!!

Anybody else have that problems besides me???

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I was thinking this morning about what to make for din

din tonight, and I got thinking about a casserole that I

used to make that we all loved, It was just called

Chicken Casserole and it was made with stove top

stuffing, but since we can no longer use stove top

stuffing due to those lovely hydrogenated oils or

palm kernel oils, I have only made it once when

I found a walmart brand that had palm kernel oil

and thought yeah, only to find out palm kernel oil

is just a tich better but not much. Heart Assoc.

says stay away from it, so that is what we do!!

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However, I did happen to have this on hand.

Oops, the one I am looking for is not in this bunch,

but it is a Krusteaz mix, but it is called "Fat Free

Honey Cornbread". I only use their fat free

products because they are the only ones that

don't have the bad oils other than the Pecan

bars I think! You just have to read those

dratted labels!! lol

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(Oh and Mickey if you are reading, this is the way I made

the Cranberry Orange bread, I add nuts to mine tho, then I

put orange sherbert on top when I serve it,

and it makes a great fat free dessert.)

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So back to my story, so I decided to whip up the corn

bread and was gonna cook it first then tear it up and

mix it together with the other stuff, but decided why

don't you just put it all in their together and cook it

once, so that is what I did. It just came out of the

oven and it taste pretty good, it is not quite the

consistency of the one I made before it is more

like a moist cake like consistency, and it taste

good but needs something, so think I am gonna

top it with sour cream and some diced tomatoes

when I serve it tonight!

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This is the recipe:

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Nellie's Style heart healthy Chicken Casserole

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Ingredients

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1 box Krusteaz fat free honey cornbread

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1 cup of lowfat buttermilk

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1 1/2 cups of chicken broth

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1 medium onion diced up

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5-6 stalks of celery sliced thin

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3 cloves of garlic minced

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2 carrots chopped fine

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1 tsp. Lawry's seasoned salt

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1 1/2 - cups chicken torn or cut in bite size pieces

(I used leftover rotisserie chicken)

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1 to 1 1/2 cups of 2% shredded cheddar cheese

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Directions

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Put Krusteaz mix in bowl and add buttermilk and

chicken broth, and mix well. Then add onion, celery, garlic,

carrot and seasoned salt, and chicken and mix well

again. Do not add cheese now!!

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Pour mixture into an 8x8x2- inch metal baking pan.

Bake in 400 degree preheated oven for 18 mins.

and check it, I had to cook mine for about 24 mins.

cause the center was giggly, but your oven could be

different so you will need to check it cause it says

on the box 18-22 mins. Once it is cooked put the

cheese on top, and put it back in the oven for just

a couple of minutes till cheese melts. Take it out,

give it a few minutes to set, and serve.

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Serve with lowfat sour cream on top and chopped

juicy tomatoes, I use Compari tomatoes.

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Comments: I had added some thyme and sage to

it, but think I would like it better without so that

is why I didn't include it.

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Here is something good for dessert, not

too much, just something simple to give you

that lil bit of sweet taste you might like after

dinner. We eat a square almost nightly

after dinner, and it is totally heart healthy

because it is dark chocolate and we have

found that one pc. is quite satisfying

because the dark chocolate is so

rich. All of these chocolates are

absolutely delish

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And here is something I found at Target, we

had them once before, but I forgot about them,

but we happened to see them again. They are in

separate lil packages, 7 heart shaped cookies

per pack, and they are only 1 gram of sat. fat.

So they are a great lil snack, and they are

a good source of fiber and have 70% cocoa

and some wine extract, so they looked pretty

healthy from all we read. Tried to go online

and see where they sell them besides Target

but had no luck, also wanted to see what

other products they have. They do have a few

but have no clue where you would find them.

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Well, Sweet Friends, thanks for stopping in

today, and hope you can find something new

to try. Something new is fun!! lol

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Don't try this recipe till be actually eat it

and critique it. I have only tried a tiny

square so far, but think it will be good.

I wanted to go ahead and record it so I

didn't forget what I did!! lol

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But check back tomorrow and I will

give you the scoop!!

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Have a Beautiful evening with your loved ones,

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Blessings and Hugs,

Nellie