Chicken Bundle of Joy!

I know you've all been on the edge of your seats in my absence from this blog. Since my riveting food diary has been on hiatus for so long I feel there are a few things to catch up on... but on with the food.

So, the dinner featured in this post is probably one of the tastiest, comfort food-like, fills your belly till you're satisfied, eat it every night if you could meals I've learned how to make. Before we got married, Jeff's mom had me over and showed me how to make Chicken Bundles... which happens to be one of Jeff's favorite dinners. And now I have the pleasure of introducing this salivating-inducing meal to you... it had to be a good one to make up for lost time.

Chicken Bundles are exactly that, bundled up chicken. There are a few steps to it so I'll do my best to go through them as detailed as possible because believe me you'll want to try them for yourselves.

First two different crackers are thrown in the food processor to make a bread crumb mixture. I chose these two. They're pretty much the equivalent to Ritz and Saltines.

This mixture is what the bundles get rolled into... but I'm getting ahead of myself. The chicken mixture has to be made first, to put in the bundle, to then be rolled into the crumbs... yeah if you really want to make these you're better off getting the recipe from me, I'm all over the place.

So, once the chicken mixture is made (chicken boiled, cooled, cut up, added to sour cream, and some other things, and chopped up in the food processor) it goes into these...

Mmmmm.... two crescents pinched together to make a buttery, tasty home for the chicken to be rolled up into and dipped in butter, yes butter, and rolled all around in the crumbs.

oh, my, butter

And there they are. Really anything rolled up in crescent rolls and drenched in butter is ah-ma-zing. They get baked in the oven and come out all golden brown. I never said this was the healthiest meal you could eat... just one of the tastiest!

To go with these I made mashed potatoes and roasted carrots. Oh man, roasted carrots, this post may never end.

In a nut shell the carrots are peeled and sliced

and slathered in olive oil, salt, pepper, and parsley, then roasted in the oven.

This is by far my favorite way to eat carrots.

And, the finale, the whole dish on a dish.

Pour some gravy over it all and oh my good night, it is a good thing, a very good thing.

Now these bundles give me that feeling in my belly that comes pretty close to joy but not as much as a different kind of bundle in my belly.

The other thing to catch up on other than food... Our little bun in the oven has been cookin for 24 weeks now. That's about 6 months. We feel so blessed and excited to meet our baby in July!

 Very excited!