Jessica Simpson's Chicken & Dumplings

I found this on another blog. Supposedly, this is a recipe by Jessica Simpson. I have made it, and it is delicious!

3 rolls of reduced-fat croissant rolls
1 small rotisserie chicken, skin discarded and meat removed from bones
1 can of reduced fat cream of chicken soup
1 can of reduced fat cream of mushroom soup
1 cup of low-sodium chicken broth
salt
pepper
*I added a small can of peas and carrots

Preheat oven to 400F. Roll out the cans of croissant sheets and separate into diamond shaped sections. Place a small handful of chicken on each diamond, fold dough over and press ends together to create dumplings. Cut up any excess dough into strips. Line a 9x13" baking dish with one layer of dumplings. Pour can of cream of chicken soup over the dumplings, followed by the can of cream of mushroom soup, and chicken broth (and peas and carrots). Place strips in a crisscross pattern on the top of the dumplings and soup mixture, season dish with salt and ground black pepper and bake until the dumplings are tender and cooked through, and the top is bubbly and brown. Approximately 30 minutes.

Annie's Salad & Dressing

My friend, Annie, made this salad and dressing at one of our play dates and I just HAD to get the recipe from her. Since receiving it, I have gotten creative with the salad and make it a little different every time.

Salad Dressing Recipe:

1/4 cup Grey Poupon Mustard
3 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 table spoon sugar
1 tea spoon pepper
1 1/2 tea spoon salt
1 1/2 tea spoon garlic powder
1 tea spoon Italian seasoning

If too bitter, add more sugar.

Salad:
I usually buy a bag of baby greens (I love spinach in a salad, but you could whatever you like)
chopped Strawberries
diced Green Apple
crushed Pecans and/or walnuts
Croutons
Blue Cheese and/or Gorgonzola and/or Feta

I made this when Angela was down and Jennifer came over to visit. Angela suggested adding avocado, which I did the other night, and it was AWESOME! Jennifer suggested replacing the apple with pear. I intend to make it that way one day when it's just for me, Joe's not a big fan of pears. I have also added red onion, carrots, bell pepper, it's all good! Make it, be creative, and enjoy it!

Sorry, no pics of this one either!