Year-End Countdown

Christmas has come and gone.  Now it is time to start looking toward the end of this year and the beginning of the next.  All around, people are counting down - the top videos of the year, songs, weddings, etc.  I thought I would jump on the bandwagon and use this week to look back by re-posting the year's five most popular entries from my blog.  I also want to use this as an opportunity to say THANKS to all of you who read my blog regularly, leave comments, and just support my blog and me in general.  You will never know how much I appreciate it!!!!

To kick things off, here is the #5 most popular blog post from 2011.  It is one of my recipe posts and, ironically, what I am planning to fix for supper at our house tonight.  It is cold and rainy here in NC today, so this will be a perfect way to end the day and warm our bodies.  I hope you enjoy it, too!!!

This is so easy and so yummy!!!

Easiest Chicken and Dumplings EVER

• 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts; cut into pieces
• 1 can cream of chicken soup
• 2 cans (or about 2 1/2 cups) chicken broth
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 can refrigerated biscuits (I use Pillsbury Grands homestyle buttermilk 8 count - DO NOT use the layered biscuits) 

Place chicken pieces in crock pot.  Top with soup, broth, salt & pepper, and stir.  Cook on low 6 hours or on high 4 hours.  About 30 minutes before serving, cut biscuits into 4-6 pieces each.  (Turn crock pot up to high, if necessary.)  Drop dough pieces into crock pot; replace lid.  Let dough cook for about 30 minutes - stir occasionally, pushing dough pieces down into liquid.  **The liquid will seem rather runny at first, but the starch from the dough will thicken it as the dough pieces cook.  Voila!!

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