Day 49: Stove Top Stuffing Easy Bake

I’ll be the first one to admit, this meal doesn’t exactly make you feel like a conquering hero in the kitchen.  It’s a meal from a box, a bag and a can.  I almost felt guilty while I was making it!  But I reminded myself that it was still way better than fast food or even restaurant food in most cases.  It’s also full of veggies and a great way to use up leftover chicken.  And it turned out to be quite tasty. I’m a big fan of Stove Top stuffing.  Stuffing has always been my favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal.  Some years I don’t even have turkey.  It’s all about the side dishes for me!

Prep time for this meal was less than ten minutes.  I cooked a whole chicken in the crock pot a few days ago and froze the pieces I didn’t use that night.  So I had already cooked chicken ready to go (a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store would work well, too).  I dumped a bag of frozen veggies in a 9×13 pan and mixed a can of cream of chicken soup and about 1/3 cup of sour cream in with the veggies.  Then I pulled apart my chicken and mixed the pieces in with the veggie mixture.

When the stuffing was ready (cooked on the stove according to box directions), I poured it over the top and stuck it in the oven at 350° for about 20 minutes.  I didn’t really time it- I just checked to make sure the veggies were done.  While not a dramatic or entirely creative meal, it was tasty and will make good leftovers for lunch!