Comfort Food!!!

Morning everybody....we got a new week started! Hope everyone had a safe and beautiful weekend. It finally rained alittle here last night and it is actually sprinkling alittle this morning,,,now I don't know about y'all but after the past couple of weeks I have had I was in bad need of some comfort food....and I didn't feel like taking all day to fix it either! lol Now I love chicken & dumplings so years ago I made up a recipe that could get me some on the table in no time flat! You won't believe how easy and how good this recipe is....nooooo it can't compare to mama's homemade version but it is a great fill in....now here is all you need and it all goes in one pot!

this is just 2 cans chicken broth

1 can each of cream of chicken..cream of mushroom...cream of celery

16 oz bag of mixed frozen vegetables (one with the carrots, corn,beans,green peas )

frozen boneless chicken tenders ( use about 15 in mine)

1 bag Davinci bowtie pasta (this is the only brand that I have found to make the dumpling taste like real little dumplings..I know it seems strange but trust me they work!

1 Tablespoon (from your silverware drawer) of salt...some pepper & I use alittle dry parsley and dried onion flakes & I put about a stick of country crock margarine in mine.

Now add just enough water to cover it good...it will look like this above when you get started...bring it to a boil and lower the heat to a slow bubble and put a lid on it kinda cocked off to the side...stir often and cook for 30-35 minutes...turn off the eye and put the lid on right and just let it set for a few minutes. It will get so thick and so creamy and I promise you the bowtie noodles will really taste like little dumplings because they absorb those ''cream of'' soups and the next day it is even better and the chicken is so tender and moist...oh my word...make a pone of cornbread and you are good to go!

Now I grab a bowl the minute I turn the stove eye off....see it is still creamy.....but after a few minutes I put it in a casserole dish and look down there how it has thickened up...this really works people...but like I said I have tried other brand names of bowtie pasta and they all end up tasting like NOODLES!!!! But this Davinci brand actually takes on the taste of a little dumpling and there you have semi homemade chicken & dumplings on the table in 30-35 minutes!!!!
Oh did I forget to mention I also made a chocolate fudge cake...I told you I was in need of some comfort food! lol lol Hope you try this and like it...I have been tagged by Bo over at Brown Eyes to tell you 7 things about me (don't you already know 8 things about me already! lol) I will do that later on this week...I just want to enjoy a quite day with Bill today...Hope you all have a great day and treat yourself to alittle comfort food...it does wonders sometimes...love you guys!