The weekend was relaxing and enjoyable with family and friends. What I was going to share in my blog on Friday is important I think so I will share it now:
One tradition for Memorial Day is the wearing of poppies. The custom is generally credited to Moina Michael, a former teacher at the University of Georgia who was working for the YMCA Overseas War Secretaries at the end of World War I. She was inspired by reading the poem “In Flanders Fields,” by Canadian poet and doctor John McCrae. The poem’s opening lines read:
“In Flanders Fields, the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row . . .”
During the Overseas War Secretaries’ annual conference held in New York City in 1918, shortly before the signing of the armistice ending the war, grateful delegates gave Michael $10 in recognition of her help with the conference. She spent the money on 25 red silk poppies to hand out to participants.
The poppy became a national symbol of remembrance, and two years later the American Legion adopted it at its own conference. Poppies have symbolized the day ever since.
Until I stumbled upon this, I guess I never thought what the meaning behind the poppies was. But now I do!
Tonight I made the ever so famous Stove Top Chicken Casserole. I absolutely love this casserole and have shared this with many friends! Here is my Tasty Tuesday recipe:
Stove Top Chicken Casserole
2 boxes of Stove Top Chicken (I buy the wheat kind)
2 cans of Cream of Chicken Soup
1 can of chicken broth
1 8 0z. sour cream
1 stick of butter
Chicken Breasts (I used normally 2-3, depending on how big they are)
First cut up the chicken into cubes and cook on stove top.
While cooking you can combine the 2 boxes of stove top with 1 stick of melted butter into a bowl and stir
In another bowl, combine the soup, sour cream, and cooked chicken.
In a 9*13 pan, put 1/2 of the stove top mixture on the bottom of the pan and then put the chicken mixture over it. Then pour the rest of the stove top mixture over the chicken/soup. Then pour a can of chicken broth over the casserole and bake 45 minutes (give or take) at 400.
On a side note, I use a little more than 8 0z. of sour cream because I would rather have it more moist! Whatever floats your boat people!
Another reason I make this is because Paige loves this casserole and will eat lots of it. BONUS
This weekend I made pinwheels and a taco dip that I will share with you...but not tonight! I have a few more To-Do things on my list to get to before bed. So it will come.
I also have a few pictures of Paige and my niece boating this weekend but left my phone cord at work so I will have to post those tomorrow night as well. Oh ya, I forgot....Paige jumped into the pool on Monday and went under water all by herself. AND SHE LOVED IT! I didn't tell her that I wasn't going to catch her and when she came up from the water, her eyes were bigger than her head. She starred at me for awhile to figure out what had occurred and then started laughing. She jumped off the edge all afternoon long and swam all over the pool. What a big girl!
