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French Country Mushroom Chicken Rice Bake

September 14, 2014
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national family dinner nightWith three kids in school for the very first time (preschool totally counts as very important school, just ask my three year old!) I’m busier than I have ever been.  Add to it evening activities for the kids, and I know I need to seriously reevaluate my dinner planning to figure out ways we can still eat as a family while still making it to our commitments on time.

Eating as a family is important to me, it’s the one time each day we can all sit down and touch base in an otherwise hectic and busy week.  A recent survey conducted for M&M Meat Shops shows that only 30% of families sit down for dinner together every night, a shocking decrease from 47% in last year’s survey findings. An astonishing 20% of families eat dinner together only two nights a week or less, with 5% of these respondents never eating dinner as a family.  I don’t want to be part of that statistic.

So why is family dinner put on the back burner? Conflicting schedules caused a dinnertime disconnect for 35% of those surveyed, while lack of time due to activities affected 26% of respondents, and no time to cook was cited as the reason for 14% of families.

On Thursday,September 18, 2014, M&M Meat Shops is inviting all Canadians to focus on family for one sit-down meal by participating in the 10th Annual National Family Dinner Night. Plus,you could win one of three $100 M&M Meat Shops Gift Cards simply by sharing what you plan on cooking for dinner on: www.mmmeatshops.com

Here’s a very simple recipe we use in our household, utilizing delicious M&M Meat Shops French Country Mushroom Soup (instead of a canned soup, trust me this is soooo much better!):

Country French Mushroom Chicken Rice Bake

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French Country Mushroom Chicken Rice Bake
 
Ingredients
  • 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 pkg M&M Meat Shops French Country Mushroom Soup, prepared
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup uncooked long grain white rice
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
  1. Prepare M&M Meat Shops French Country Mushroom Soup according to directions on the box (microwave is easiest)
  2. Stir the soup, water, rice and pepper in a baking dish
  3. Add chicken on top of mixture
  4. Cover with tin foil and place in oven
  5. Bake at 375 for approximately 45 minutes
  6. Remove foil from baking dish and broil for an additional 3-5 minutes if desired
  7. Let stand 5 minutes and serve

M&M Meat Shops French Country Mushroom Soup is available at all M&M Meat Shops locations and retails for $3.99 (you can find it on sale for $3.49 quite often).  It is, of course, freezer ready and perfect for chilly days or as an after school snack as well.  I also love M&M Meat Shops French Onion Soup and am toying with the idea of adding that to my pot roast instead of the usual package of dry soup mix.  These soups are so much more flavorful than their dry or canned soup competitors, so adding them to a meal in their place seems like a no brainer to me.  With new Beef Barley Soup just added to M&M Meat Shops this fall, I can’t wait to check that one out as well, with a side of fresh bread and butter – comfort food at it’s best!

I hope you’ll take note of National Family Dinner Night September 18th and sit down to a family dinner.  If life dictates otherwise, I hope the survey results shared by M&M Meat Shops here helps remind us all of the importance of sitting down to a meal as a family, and gives us all the motivation to improve on those statistics!

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