[ Recipe: Hot Chicken Salad ]

I've made this Chicken Salad for years.
I love Chicken Salad... I usually eat it cold...
...but when I have time (because it IS a little more involved than regular Chicken Salad) I make HOT CHICKEN SALAD!
So yummy on French bread!!!

I made it for dinner last night... and then I ate it for breakfast... then yes, again for lunch...
and I'm about to go in the kitchen and have it for my afternoon snack!
I'm bad!

Wanted to share!
(Per usual when it comes to sharing recipes... no pics.) :(

HOT CHICKEN SALAD

2 c. cooked chicken, diced
2 c. celery, chopped
1/2 c. chopped or slivered almonds or pecans
1 c. mayo
3 T. chopped onion
2 T. Worcestershire sauce
2 T. lemon juice
1/2 c. plain potato chips, crushed
1/2 c. BBQ potato chips, crushed

Combine everything together except the chips. Spoon into a lightly greased 2-qt. casserole. Sprinkle chips over top. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. Serves 8.

Can't post without a picture... so I'm re-posting one of Cort that CRACKS ME UP!
He woke up from his nap one day a few months ago looking like THIS!



He just came up to me and said, "Mama... will you come look at the "sch-ungle" I made? He meant, "jungle."

Other fun 4-year-old Cort words:

"Ssh-icken." Chicken.
"Ssh-ips." Chips.
"Ssh-urch." Church.
You should hear him say "Chicken Quesadilla!!!"

It's seriously. For real. The little things in life! :)

[Recipe: Meatloaf]

So, I've never been the biggest fan of "meatloaf." EVER.
But in the past few years I decided to try it again but couldn't seem to find a really good recipe... UNTIL LAST WEEK!

My mother-in-law (who is the best cook in the ENTIRE WORLD) made a meatloaf from
a recipe in the Baxter Bulletin and it... was... delicious!

I made it a couple nights ago and meant to take a photo of it but we ate it up too quickly...
I just forgot all about my camera!
So I found a generic photo on the web... it doesn't really do it justice...



Here is the recipe folks! It's beyond YUMMY!!!

Upside-Down Meat Loaf

1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. ketchup
1 1/2 to 2 pounds LEAN ground beef
3/4 c. milk
2 eggs, beaten
1 1/2 t. salt
1/4 t. pepper
1 small onion, grated
1/4 t. ginger
3/4 c. crushed saltine crackers

Butter a 9x5 loaf pan. Press brown sugar in bottom and spread ketchup over the sugar.

Mix remaining ingredients together and shape into loaf. Put on top of ketchup. Bake at 350 for 1 hour.

Turn upside down and serve.