Chicken Spagetti and Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

Chicken spagetti, it sounds 'ick' doesn't it. That's what I thought when I read the name of it. I thought about changing it's name, but couldn't think of anything. The first time I made it and the kids asked "what's for supper" and I said 'chicken spagetti', they were really unsure. Then Mark calls on his way home from work, he asked "what's for supper" and I said "chicken spagetti" and the phone when dead. Not real. I told him to trust me, he would like it. The skeptical bunch loves 'chicken spagetti' and they asked for it. Well, Kaleb asked for 'chicken pasgetti'. I knew they would love it, they need to learn to trust me. I motified the original recipe, it called for cream of mushroom soup. I don't even buy it, my family would protest. I changed it to cream of chicken soup.

So heres the recipe for it. It's a two meal casserole for our family, so you may want to cut it in half.

Chicken Spagetti

2 c. cooked chicken (chopped or shredded)
2 cans cream of chicken soup
3 c. shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 c. onion (optional)
3 c. dry spagetti (broken into 2 inch pieces)
2 c. chicken broth
1 t. Lawry's seasoning
1/8 - 1/4 t. cayenne pepper (optional)

If you boil the chicken in water, save the broth to cook the noodles in, or use chicken broth or just water to cook spagetti until al dente (don't overcook). Combine 2 c. cheese, soup, onion, lawry's and cayenne pepper together in bowl and mix. Add chicken and spagetti when it is cooked, add enough chicken broth until the mixture is a little soup. I personally think 1 cup is enough. Place in 9x13 baking dish, place remaining cheese on top, cover and bake for 45 minutes at 350.

While I'm on a roll I will give you a cookie recipe I have also. Kaleb came home from school one day and told me that one of the kids moms have made them peanut butter oatmeal cookies. He wanted to know if I could make some. I surfed the net and found a recipe that I thought would be all right. Of course as the story of my life goes, I went to make them and I didn't have all the flour required, so I substituted the missing flour with more oatmeal. They turned out so good, I changed the recipe to the way I made them.

This recipe makes 6 dozen cookies.

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

2 c. shortening (I like butter flavored crisco)
2 c. brown sugar
1 1/2 c. white sugar
4 eggs
2 c. peanut butter
4 t. soda
1 t. salt
1 c. flour
5 c. oatmeal
1/2 - 1 c. heath chips (0ptional)

Cream shortening and sugars, add eggs, sift flour and soda and gradually add along with salt, once mixed gradually add oatmeal.

Bake for 8 minutes at 350.

I have never tried chocolate chips with them, but I bet they would be good.

I guess you know what's for supper at my house tonight and what I'm taking along as a snack to the horse show in Douglas tomorrow.