Recipe Corner: Swiss Chicken Florentine Casserole

My crew is not much of a 

casserole type of family.

A few of my children like to see

clearly what I am trying to feed them.

They are GREAT eaters,

they truly love a variety of fruits and veggies.

One of the casseroles we do actually eat,

is Swiss Chicken Casserole.

And to me, recipes are just 

ideas, suggestions or guidelines.

I will try a recipe to the letter

the first time...

then I get to modifying.

Swiss Chicken Casserole 

calls for 

chicken breasts,

cream of mushroom soup, 

sour cream,

swiss cheese,

stuffing mix

and butter.

It is pretty yummy as is...

But here is my latest edition,

that was pretty stinking good!

1) Chicken:

The original recipe tells you just to place

3-4 chicken breasts in the bottom of a greased dish...

I take it one step further,

to speed up the cooking process (maybe)

and dice it the chicken breasts up

into bite sized pieces.

Then I layer it on the bottom of the greased pan.

2) Spinach!

I thawed 1/2 a bag (or 1 full box)

of chopped spinach,

then pressed out most of the water.

I sprinkled that on top of the chicken.

3)  Swiss Cheese Layer:

Original recipe called for 

"one slice of cheese per chicken breast"

I took it a step further and sprinkled a whole bag of shredded swiss on!

4)  Cream Mixture Layer:

Mix one can of cream of mushroom, with one cup of sour cream.

Then I had a small package of white mushrooms that needed to be used,

so I chopped those up and threw them in.

Then spread on top of the cheese layer.

5)  Stuffing layer

I would recommend paying the extra money

and getting the "real" Stove Top Stuffing mix here,

I have tried the store brand and the brand in the bag...

but Stove Top has more flavor, 

so I stick with it.

Sprinkle the entire box on top

evenly over the creamy mushroom mixture.

Finally,

pour a stick of melted butter over the top.

Bake at 350 for about 30-40 min.

I keep a thermometer handy and stick it in,

but since I cut up my chicken,

it is usually done pretty quickly.

This is the only 

"after" picture I got...

it was devoured 

before I knew what happened!

Enjoy!!