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This creamy, dreamy mix of canned soups, frozen veggies, and leftover turkey (or chicken) has all the flavors of a warm bowl of soup turned into a casserole. The perfect and delicious way to use up leftovers!

When I first created this recipe, the steps were a lot like making soup. I would poach 3-4 chicken breasts, then repurpose the poaching liquid to cook the pasta. This recipe also began with a homemade cream sauce with fresh mushrooms. In partnership with Our Family®, I’ve simplified this recipe using mostly pantry ingredients and repurposing leftover turkey or chicken. This version has the same flavors and creamy, dreamy goodness as the original recipe, and gets dinner on the table much faster with a lot fewer dishes to wash afterward!

This will not surprise you if you are a regular reader of my blog, but this recipe like many of my others can easily be adapted to suit your tastes! A few options to customize the main recipe that you could try.

• You could start the recipe as I originally did with poaching chicken, or substitute any leftover chicken/turkey that you have. To make it even easier and faster substitute a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store. An average store-bought rotisserie is 2.5 to 3 lbs, which is more than you need for this recipe, so you will have enough extra for a chicken sandwich!

• You could also start the base with a homemade cream sauce. I like the combination of flavors from combining the cream of mushroom and cream of chicken soups, and it is so much quicker. The key is to use two cans for the right consistency. You could adjust this to your tastes by using two cans of the same flavor or even substituting something you like better. Cream of Broccoli soup is a delicious alternative too.

• Not a fan of peas and carrots? Substitute broccoli, mushrooms, or spinach.

If you don’t like shortcuts, do this one old school. Poach the chicken, blanch fresh vegetables, make your favorite cream sauce and toss it all together and bake! You won’t be disappointed, but you will be washing more dishes!

Whatever you do, don’t skip the buttery crackers on the top! The texture of the buttery, crunchy, topping makes this dish! It’s just like soup and crackers!

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