BBQ Chicken Mushroom Melt

Hey all!  So, you get an amazing whole chicken and make a great meal.  That's wonderful and I'm proud of you all!  ...Now you have tons of leftover chicken.  Here's a super quick and easy fix for that!  Yummy BBQ, cheesy...cheese.  Yeah, you don't need much more.  Ok, here's the Shtick:

Ingredients

Leftover Chicken

BBQ Sauce

Cheese
Bread

White Wine (optional)

The Magic

First thing's first, cut off however much you think you'll need from the carcass.  Then, cut the strips into easy to bite chunks, as shown to the left.

 I SAID TO THE LEFT!!!! *facepalm*

Then, toss them in a skillet where you've already melted some butter.  Slice up mushrooms (or open the can, whichever) and toss them in with the chicken.  Cover with BBQ sauce.  Let them cook together for a minute, then add White Cooking Wine if you have it.

While that's cooking, go ahead and make some toast.  Just...plop some bread in the toaster.  Or, if you don't have a toaster you have to make a choice.  Either make the sandwich on regular bread, or get another small skillet, melt butter in it, and toss the bread in.  The choice is yours to make.

Once the toast is done and everything in the skillet is nice and combined, toss portions of the chicken and mushrooms onto one side of the bread.  Top with whatever cheese you like, but I recommend staying to white cheeses.

 Then...all done!  Top with the other piece of toast and press down.  Give the sandwich a few minutes to melt the cheese and soak into the toast a bit. Then, cut and serve!

 

Yummy!!!!!  .... ...Andiamo a mangiare! LET'S EAT

Leftover Macaroni Goodness

Ok.  You know it happens.  A barbeque, cookout, tailgating, kids-choose-dinner-day, whatever, you ALWAYS end up with leftover mac-n-cheese right?  And it's never as good the second time around.  Well, here's a way to easily spruce it up for a whole new dinner!  AND, because It's mac-n-cheesey goodness remains in the dish, kids just might prefer it!  Note: This dinner could be made with non-leftovers...but make sure the noodles cool completely before the second cooking.  Ok, here's the Shtick:

Ingredients

Leftover Mac

Frozen Broccoli

Bacon

The Magic

Get a saucepan.  Slice up some bacon into small chunks.  Cook through.  Then, add the frozen broccoli.  Let that warm through.  When it's almost done warming, toss in any leftover mac-n-cheese you have.  

Now, ok stay with me on this one it's complicated.   You ready?

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YOU'RE DONE!  

Really, it's just that simple.  Making a fantastic dish doesn't need a ton of ingredients.  Feel like doing something different?  Add some mushrooms!  Or, if you like, olives!  Get creative!

To make it a family activity, after you add the mac, ask the kids to stir, and see what else they want to put in it.  Pepperoni?  Great! I should've thought of that!

...Andiamo a mangiare! LET'S EAT