Comments on: Food Bloggers Against Hunger, Part II

By: Judith Hanneman

Judith Hanneman — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 02:51:56 +0000

Smart shopping is the key!! You are so right Diane. I'm also pretty good at stretching what I have. I find also using meat as a condiment is great too. I'm retired so I have to be careful and shop sales.

By: Diane Sosa

Diane Sosa — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 02:40:36 +0000

i was on snap for a year, after the disability ins. company my work had cut me off, before i got my disablity from the feds. we did not go hungry, you just have to know how to shop. day old bread store, with buy 1 get 1 coupon and punches for purchases. 50 percent off aisles for meat and other items. just look at the meat and the date, i never had a problem. dented cans if not too bad and going to be used that week, yogert at 25 percent off, granola at 50 percent off, coupons, only buy what is on sale this week with coupons, there is no reaso for anyone to go hungry, we even had dessert quite often. just before we lost our benefits at the end of feb. i stalked up on p.b and j., tuna, tomatoe products, pasta, hamburger for the freezer, and we are still doing ok. just look for bargains, bargains, bargains, and you can do ok.

By: Judith Hanneman

Judith Hanneman — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 22:50:48 +0000

Hi Jeanne–I'm sure it'd be fine with breast meat or breast quarters. Due to the length of time this has to cook because of the brown rice, what I'd do if I were using boneless breast and in slices, is add that to the casserole half way in the cooking, so it doesn't get too dry. If you want to use breast quarters, they should be just fine baked the way I did in this recipe.

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 21:59:27 +0000

I don't care for dark chicken and wondered how it would be with two breasts that were sliced. I also make a lot of things from scratch using the Amish cookbooks and some old cookbooks that I have. I am not yet on the SNAP program but think I will be soon. I am retired and have very little money for food.

By: Judith Hanneman

Judith Hanneman — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 15:04:09 +0000

Sinn, it's really hard to do and I admire someone who can do this each week! Being retired I face the same concerns myself. Shopping carefully is a must!

By: Sinn

Sinn — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 04:24:55 +0000

Thank you for taking the challenge. As a mom on the SNAP program i will tell you i was curious as to how close to my own casserole this was. Very close indeed. Biggest difference is I use cream of mushroom soup and chicken broth. Normally will divide into 2 8×8 pans and freezer one. The problem alot of my friends on the program have is remembering our grandparents had great recipes on tight budgets too. I use alot of recipes from the great depression or the World wars and tell my daughter we are eating history. Makes being budget tight a little more tolerable.

By: Judith Hanneman

Judith Hanneman — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:20:58 +0000

I'm sure it would work Aida. The rice may not have the same texture as with the condensed soup, but it should still taste super. Please let me know how it turned out.

By: Aida L

Aida L — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:26:14 +0000

love the recipe, just wonder if chicken stock and con starch would work instead of the soup as we aren't that kin on it?

By: Judith Hanneman

Judith Hanneman — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:16:24 +0000

Gravy would probably work here Medeja.

By: Medeja

Medeja — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:15:04 +0000

Lovely dish, though I am not a fan of canned soups but I am curious to try.