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- I don't know about y'all,
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but I've got a busy rest of the week,
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so I'm making some make ahead dishes.
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I think I need to turn that one in,
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I think I need the fork.
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So casseroles are so good to help us all
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on those busy, busy days, the busy weeks we've got
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and so I'm gonna make a delicious chicken casserole
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and I'm cutting up boneless skinless chicken thighs,
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which, you know the thigh is absolutely the best part
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it has the most moisture in it and the most flavor.
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So I've got my chicken cut up
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and I've got four cups of chicken broth right here.
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Y'all, excuse me, I want to get this off my counter
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because it's important
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that when we are handling poultry,
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that you don't want to cross contaminate anything.
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I will use some type of germ breaker-downer,
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on my counter, but right now I think we're safe.
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Okay, so this is so easy, y'all
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Alright, now I've got my four cups of chicken broth
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and it's boiling, it's good and hot.
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So I'm gonna put that in a bowl
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and I'm gonna add a can of drained black beans, love that,
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niblet corn, love that,
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long grain brown rice, I like that.
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Salsa verde, that's gonna give it a nice little taste.
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So, if you're like me,
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some weeks are just busier than others
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and you have to do a little planning
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if you are the head cook and bottle washer in your house.
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Right, now, I'm not gonna put the cheese in until last.
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And then I'm gonna add,
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I know some people look down on using these canned soups,
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but they can give you a good flavor to whatever you're doing
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and they're almost necessary in a casserole.
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Alright, so I'm gonna stir all this stuff up
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and I'm gonna add my chicken
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and this is ready to go in the oven, y'all, just that quick.
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And this is really like a one pot meal, you know?
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It's got your starch, it's got your vegetables.
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- Could go get some cheese?
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- I think the cheese just goes on top,
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if I remember correctly.
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- No, we have more, but we have more for the cheese,
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so that goes in there. - Okay, okay.
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Because you know, I do like to put mine in,
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if anything's topped with cheese,
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I like to do it in like the last five minutes,
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otherwise cheese will get hard
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and I like my cheese to be soft and gooey, how about y'all?
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Tell me how you like your cheese!
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Alright, I have sprayed our pan, whoa!
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About to lose a piece of chicken there!
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I have sprayed our thirteen by nine by two dish
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and I'm gonna cook this uncovered
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for probably about 45 minutes
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and then I'm gonna add more cheese!
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So I don't know how y'all feel about casseroles,
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but, you think they're mainly known
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here in the South or what you think y'all?
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Eddie, did your mama do a lot of casseroles
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when you were growing up?
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but I believe my father didn't really care for casserole,
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so we did not have casserole.
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- You did not have casseroles.
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For some reason I think casserole are heavy down South
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and I don't know what that says about us,
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unless we're busy with other things and have to...
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- [Participant] I think one,
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they don't call these casserole anymore,
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I think they call them, "One-pot."
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- [Paula] One-pot wonders?
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- [Participant] Wonders, yeah
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and I think those are becoming very popular everywhere.
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because most families are a two income family
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you have to do some thinking
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and some juggling, when you-
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- But you asked a good question earlier,
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maybe they'll send their responses in,
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"What do people think about canned soup?"
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I love it in casseroles.
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- [Paula] In casserole, yes,
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I would not eat it on its own, but on casseroles, yes.
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- [Participant] But I wonder people think
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about canned soups and casseroles
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and if they have other editions.
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- Like I love homemade tomato soup
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and I would never eat that out of a can,
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'cause it's so easy to make it
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and I mean really, really tasty
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with a grilled cheese sandwich.
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Oh, I was thinking last night for supper,
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I fixed salmon and grits for us
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and I thought the whole time while I was doing that,
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I need to share this recipe.
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It's in one of my cookbooks,
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I can't remember if it's in the first or the second one,
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but you can keep canned salmon on hand all the time,
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because I thought, "I do not, what can I do?"
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I'd been watching the news
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and couldn't figure out what I was gonna have for supper,
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so I said, "Oh, salmon and grits,
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I can have that done in 15 or 20 minutes."
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And it was so delicious.
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So I'm gonna show y'all how easy and delicious
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Nita, Nita, or a lot of y'all know her as Jelly Roll,
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she was a member of the lady and son's family,
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She kind of comes in when she wants to now these days!
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But some mornings she'd come in
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if the whole kitchen was starving
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and she'd make us, - [Participant] She'd make.
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She'd make us, uh, huh, salmon and grits.
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Oh and it was so good, y'all!
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All right, 45 minutes to an hour on our chicken casserole,
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back in, we're gonna bake it for another...
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I'm gonna bake it for another 10 or 15 minutes.
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Oh there you are, I couldn't find y'all!
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It was like y'all was hiding from me.
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So I'm gonna bake that another 10 or 15 minutes
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for that cheese to melt
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and it looks like I'm gonna have that ready
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Y'all, I know I made this
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to have in the fridge to feed my family,
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but I'm gonna take a little bit out and taste it.
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This is just one of those recipes
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you can put in or take out anything that you like,
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like water chestnuts and that would be so good, the crunch.
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It's actually better than I remembered it.
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Don't you love a one-pot wonder?
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Piece of crusty French bread. Mm.
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So tonight, if you got a meeting to go to,
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your family comes in,
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tell them to put it on their plate, you got them covered.
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Love and best dishes, y'all. Mm.
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