January 2nd - Laura's First Dinner Challenge

I would have to say that this meal was a success.....minus a minor problem I had. Apparently I didn't thaw the potatoes long enough so instead of taking an hour to cook, the potato casserole took about an hour and a half. Everyone seemed to love it though. I served the casserole with some crockpot chicken on brown rice and garlic bread.

The recipe for the chicken was supposed to give me chicken breasts but while it cooked in the crockpot the chicken started falling apart so it ended up as more of a chicken soup. My guests decided that it worked better having the chicken shredded instead of breasts though. Also, in case you decide to make the chicken, it cooked much faster than the 8 to 10 hours the recipe told me. It was done after about 5 hours so I put it on warm until about 30 min before we had expected to eat.

Thank you Ashly for this recipe. It was delicious. I am curious though how it will taste with your boiled potatoes and may have to make it at a later time like that.