Chicken n Biscuits in Cast Iron

So I actually made TWO meals out of one for this...Talk about easy and proud of myself!

The first day I made homemade chicken soup--I just use a package of split breasts, fill pot with water til they are covered and boil with the bone until done and let simmer an extra half hour WITH BONE IN--for good flavor (learned that from my mother in law). I take that out, skim the fat off the broth, and cut the chicken to bite sized chunks--then add back to pot. I add chopped celery, carrots, and onion and gently boil until those are tender but not mushy (celery can get disgusting!)

I then add salt, pepper, and half and half or milk and a carton of chicken broth to make it a bit creamier than regular broth, and add more liquid to make it go further and be more like 'soup' than liquidy veggies :)

I make the egg noodles in a SEPARATE pot; this way I eat my soup carb free and serve it over noodles for my son and husband...and when I save it for left overs I make fresh noodles--if I save it with noodles in the pot they get soggy and are not so good.

To store left overs took the left over soup and put the rest of the veggies and meat (about 2 cups) and 2 cups of the broth in one tupper ware, and saved the rest of the liquid in a separate container--to save as a cream soup for future use.

ON day TWO I took the soup with the veggies and meat and poured it in my cast iron skillet. I gently boiled it constantly stirring it to heat it through out--you could also add peas, corn or potatoes here! I added a smidge of minced garlic, too. Turn down to simmer

In another bowl I mixed about 2 cups of heart smart bisquick, 1 cup milk and 1/2 cup butter spread and 1 cup shredded colby jack/cheddar cheese. I mixed until thick--I have made biscuits like this so much I dont really measure, I just add wet ingredients til thick enough! I dropped the biscuit mix by spoonfuls on the veggie/chicken mixture in pot until all of it was covered with dough.

Lastly, put on the skillet lid and put in oven on 350 for about 20 minutes/until dough is done! The biscuit dough mixture will thicken the broth and make it creamy!

DELICIOUS; I had to throw the last third out because I had already eaten most of it and didn't need to eat any more carbs!!! It was SO good!