Sweet Chaos and Campfires

I thought it would be fun to start sharing one of my family’s favorite recipes every Wednesday! I’m starting with Chicken Rice Bake because this one goes way back. My mom made it a couple of times a month when I was growing up, and it was always my favorite. Years later, I started making it for my own kids, and now my grandchildren love it too. I think that’s one of my favorite things about family recipes. They just keep getting passed along.  This is definitely a recipe I make more once fall rolls around. It needs about 45 minutes in the oven, and turning on the oven sounds a whole lot better on a cool fall day than it does in the middle of summer! It’s simple, comforting, and has been around our family table for a lot of years. I hope you enjoy it too!  Ingredients:  4 boneless chicken breasts 1 cup flour 3 tbsp paprika 3 tbsp onion flakes butter 1 package of dried onion soup mix 2 tbsp parsley flakes 3 cups of white rice 2 cans cream of mushroom soup 1 can cream of cel...

It’s been a hot minute since I sat down to write a blog post. And by “a hot minute,” I mean nine years since my last post on my former blog, Kris in Michigan! It feels good to be back. I have to thank my friend, Terri of Your Friend From Florida blog, for putting blogging back in my mind.  I realized how much I’d missed it. This blog will be a little bit of everything: daily life, the wonderful chaos of being a grandma to five awesome grandkids, my daily walks, favorite recipes, and our weekend camping trips. I chose the name Sweet Chaos and Campfires because it sums up life around here pretty well. I’m excited to start writing again and see where this little blog takes me!  Here's a photo from this morning's walk ( 2.5 miles).