Garlic Mashed Potatoes & Butternut Squash Soup!

It snowed today here... Yes, SNOWED! So, quite honestly, I'm in no mood to cook.....

This is what I randomly found in my pantry and thought 'Why not??!'

1 Box of Gardennay Butternut Squash (500mL)
1 Box of Betty Crocker Garlic Mashed Potatoes* (2 packages inside)
*Requires: 2/3c. Hot Water, 1 1/3c. Milk & 2tbsp Margarine/Butter per package.
Bacon Bits
Kraft Tex Mex Cheese

In one pot start mashed potatoes (boil water, milk and margarine/butter then pull from heat and stir in packages (double recipe above for 2 packages) of dry potatoe flakes.

While the potatoes sit covered on the stove (on the non-hot side) start the soup in another pot on a low temperature.

Once the soup is hot, turn off the heat and get ready to eat!

I placed scoops of Mashed Potatoes onto the plate, poured some soup over it, grabbed a handful of cheese and sprinkled on top with bacon bits and there you have it!

A quick and easy pantry meal for dinner!

AND the kids ate it!!! With smiles and 'This is yummy, you should try it!' before I could scoop myself some!

Chicken and Rice! Yum!

I was lazy these last few days.... Instead of planning meals while we at leftovers from our last few big meals I hung out with my kids... *L*

So this is what I had in my pantry.... And it turned out wonderfully! My kids even asked for seconds!

CROCKPOT!

Ingredients:

4 large Chicken Breasts (I had four small ones, anything will do really)

2 cans Cream of Chicken

1 can of Cream of Celery

1/2 Cup diced Celery

1 Stalk diced Celery (can you tell I forgot this part and added it in afterwards?)

2 Cups Minute Rice

Directions:

Mix rice and soup* and 1/2 Cup. Celery in crockpot. Place Chicken on top of mixture and sprinkle he rest of the Celery on them.

Cook on Low for 3-4 Hours or High for 2-3 Hours.

Serves 4 (add more rice, can of soup and extra chicken to make more servings!)

*Can use ANY cream soup. IE: Mushroom

Sorry all, this is the leftovers a few days later!