Banana Pudding

This week I made two Banana Pudding - one for each of my small groups this semester.
This is a recipe from my friend Sabrina Poe. It is easy and delicious. Hope you enjoy and by the way, college kids LOVE banana pudding. Ate it over chocolate layer dessert.

3 box of vanilla pudding
3 cups of milk
8 oz sour cream
Large cool whip
5-6 bananas

Mix the Vanilla pudding together with milk until smooth. Add sour cream then half of the Cool Whip.
Slice bananas and stir into pudding mixture.

I used a trifle bowl and layered my pudding but you can use a 9X13 pan. I put whole wafers around the edge and crushed the ones I put in the middle. I had two layers and topped with the remaining cool whip. You can save some crumbs for the top. Enjoy.

Chicken with Mushrooms

Last week I cooked dinner for my family and Luke (Alison's boyfriend). I went searching for a new recipe and found this one. It was delicious with a few changes. I served it with angel hair pasta, fried okra (really I just saute it in olive oil), peas, and fresh tomatoes. It was so good. Hope you like it too.

Chicken with Mushrooms

3 cups of sliced mushrooms
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup season bread crumbs
2 T butter
6 oz mozzarella cheese, sliced
3/4 cup chicken broth (plus a can of the cream of chicken and mushroom soup)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Brown the mushrooms in a little olive oil. One secret I learned from the movie "Julia & Julie" is don't crowd the mushrooms in the skillet if you want them to brown. Works.

Place half of the mushrooms in the bottom of a 9 X 13 pan. Dip the chicken breast in beaten eggs, then roll in bread crumbs. My bread crumbs were not seasoned so I just added some seasoning to them.

Brown chicken in skillet with melted butter. Place chicken on top of mushrooms and arrange remaining mushrooms on chicken. I mix the soup and chicken broth together and poured around the chicken.

Bake for 35-45 minutes and top with mozzarella the last 10 minutes.

Enjoy.

I am His and He is mine,
Janet

I am Waiting

Today is another day of waiting on the call from my oldest daughter Jessica, to let me know that this is it - the time for Gabriel to be born. Gabriel will be my first grandchild and I can't wait. Everyone tells me that no words can describe being a grandparent. I will let you know. Jessica and her husband Andrew live in Hamilton, AL with two foster girls, MacKenzie 3, Emma 18 months, three small dogs, Copper, Allie and Lela and Andrew's cousin, Kristina. Needless to say it is one full small house.

Waiting is not something we are naturally good at. Everything in this generation is instant so when we have to wait we become anxious, inpatient and hoping for an answer or breakthrough soon. I love that thought that "waiting on the Lord' indicates that I want His best and I am willing to wait. That does not mean to sit and do nothing. It means to do the next thing I am responsible for and wait on Him to show me the rest. So with that said I will spend this day washing clothes, paying some bills, ironing and wait on the call. God timing is always good. What will Gabriel birth date be?