Be Flexible !!

We had a pretty busy day today for a Sunday.  We went to church this morning and then this afternoon attended the Kansas City Golf Show.  Like all the other retirees, we wanted to go and collect coupons for free rounds of golf at the various area courses. We were pretty successful and gathered a dozen or so coupons between the two of us.  A good afternoon's work for a couple of senior citizens.   At any rate, on the way home I thought, what am I going to make for dinner.  I must have still had my last post about chicken pot pie on my mind, because that is what I decided to do.  The problem was, I didn't have a pound and a half of chicken breast on hand nor did we have any frozen peas or celery.  We did have onion and carrots and mushrooms and about three quarters of a Costco roasted chicken.  I looked in the freezer and found a partial package of frozen mixed vegetables.  I wasn't sure we had potatoes either, so I thought,"I will use biscuits as the topping."  My point here is be flexible and a little adventurous.  

I started by skinning and cutting up the remaining Costco chicken. I had at least what I estimated to be a pound and a half.  I sauteed the vegetables, minus the celery. The lack of a little celery didn't matter much.  Then I made the white sauce according to the recipe on my last blog.  I combined the chicken, sauce and the vegetables, including the partial package of frozen mixed vegetables into a bowl. 

While I was making the white sauce, I asked Jan to mix up a batch of Bisquick biscuit dough.  It took her about five minutes.  

I poured the chicken, sauce and vegetable mix into a 9x13" baking dish and dotted the top with the bisquick dough.  We baked the dish in a 450 degree oven, as called for by the Bisquick mix, for about ten minutes.  The biscuit topping came out golden brown as you can see above and the filling was heated through.  It made a delicious Sunday evening dinner, but if I hadn't been a little creative and flexible it never would have happened.  Don't be bound by recipes.  Bend a little and come up with what you think will be good.  You might be surprised at the outcome.  The longer you cook, the more confident you will become with adjusting.  You will know that if you keep the proportions roughly the same, things will come out OK.  Good luck and good cooking !!