teaching Zoie: loaded baked potato soup

getting scary diagnosis' this past week surely brings to mind how quickly life can pass you by...you never know where life is going to take you, your life can be gone in an instant...and we were shown this when my husband passed...life with his health was always a roller coaster...he could be fine one minute and the next being pretty sick...
and see I knew this, we just went through this with him and yet when I got "the bad news" (I guess I am still in shock, not sure how this could happen to us...)
but it also tells me to get my affairs in order and to live each day as if it is the last day...and one of those things (although I started this cooking thing with her before this happened) I really want to make sure she will be ok without me and cooking is one way I can make sure...

tonight?  loaded baked potato soup...(I have made this before, but not for awhile)

I baked 4 big potatoes and then scooped out the insides and lightly mashed them...in a seperate pan Zoie made a roux with 2/3 cup of butter and 3/4 cup of flour with 4 cups of chicken stock and 3 cups of milk...she stirred till thickened and then added the potatoes with some diced up ham and seasonings (garlic salt, onion powder and black pepper...

it came together very nicely and Zoie is very proud of herself...

teaching Zoie: chicken lazone

this recipe?   oh my goodness how much I love it and so does everyone in the family...the cat loved it too abnd he was getting more and more picky...

Zoie would eat this every day if she could...

here is what I do, since I do mine a little different...

    I take 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts and cut them into bite sized pieces and then brown them
    in a little butter...I season them with garlic salt, pepper, and onion powder...I brown them till the
    pink is gone...

    while chicken is browning, I cook my pasta (usually vermacelli)

    once the chicken is ready I add a large container of half and half and slowly bring to a slow boil...I
    I mix a little cornstarch to the half and half and stir constantly till thickened...we love a lot of sauce
    to go over the pasta...

this recipe is what dreams are made of...

teaching Zoie: creamed chipped beef on toast

I was brought up on this stuff but since we were very poor this was always a huge treat for us kids and I still love it to this day...I will not touch the Stouffers stuff...

http://www.sweetlittlebluebird.com/2017/02/creamed-cplhipped-beef-toast-weekend.html

in the freezer section of most stores, they sell phyllo dough cups and chipped beef on top of these makes it seem so luxurious...my MIL loves it like this...
I sometime add frozen peas...

please try this, you will love it