The Great Chicken Experiment: Review

This is the end of my adventures of taking two chickens and making them feed two adults for 7 days. I originally aimed for having one chicken feed one adult for 6 days, but I made it stretch more. If you count that I have two freezer meals in my deep freezer, then I guess I could say I used the chicken for eight meals.

Let's recap. I took two chickens, like the one above and cut it up into pieces. Each meal was made with pieces from the original birds.

Here are the meals for each day in picture form.

Day 1: Ritz cracker crusted chicken legs

Day 2: Hot and spicy fried chicken wings

Day 3: Teriyaki chicken thighs over rice

Day 4: Chicken breast broccoli Alfredo

Day 5: Chicken Fajitas

Day 6: Grilled chicken breast salad with sides

Day 7: Chicken breast enchiladas

Here are some numbers for you math-types. I bought two full chickens for $11.74. I made that chicken stretch for 7 meals. That works out to $1.68 per meal OR $0.84 for each person. That's pretty good for my budget.

$1.68 per meal for 2 adults or $0.84 for each person

So, what do you think?

Possum wants to know...

What's for dinner?

Green Bean Casserole

Do you need a quick and delicious meal?

Just follow the directions for this delicious casserole.

Ingredients

1 cup sour cream

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1 can (14.5 oz) green beans

1 cup shredded cheese (I use cheddar or mozzarella)

1 cup left over chicken or turkey - chopped into pieces

1 box Stove Top Chicken or Turkey stuffing

1 1/2 cup water (for Stuffing)

1/4 cup butter or margarine (for Stuffing)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Make Stove Top Stuffing.

If you have left over stuffing already made,

you can skip making this and just use your left overs.

You can follow the directions on the back of the box.

Let the Stuffing sit off the hot burner once you are done making it.

Take a large bowl and put sour cream and cream of
mushroom soup into it. Mix that together.

 Drain the water from the green beans and pour the beans into the big bowl.

Add the shredded cheese and the chicken.

 Mix everything together.

 Pour the mixture into a pan. I used a 9 x 9 pan, but that makes it a very thick casserole.

I usually use a 13 x 9 pan and that spreads the casserole out. Either works just fine.

 Pour the pre-made stuffing on top of the mixture.

Spread it around until the entire casserole is covered.

 Put your casserole directly into the oven. You can put it on the

middle shelf or the top shelf (like in my photo). Bake 35 minutes.

Once done, let it sit on the counter for 5 minutes and then enjoy!

Warning: the casserole is very hot at first and you will have

to resist the urge to eat all of it. Let it cool off first :-)

Dinner's ready!