Title: Chicken almond rotini bake
 Categories: Casseroles, Chicken, Main dishes, Mushrooms, Bobbie - no
      Yield: 8 Servings
 
    2/3 c  Butter; divided
    1/2 c  Diced carrots
    1/2 c  Diced celery
    1/4 c  Diced onion
      2    Whole chicken breasts (fresh
           -or dried), divided (about 1
           -lb.) cut into strips
    1/4 lb Diced fresh mushrooms
      1 cn Condensed cream of chicken
           -soup, (10 3/4 oz.)
      1 c  Milk
    1/4 ts Salt
    1/4 ts Pepper
      1 tb Parsley
      3 c  Rotini
      1 c  Fresh bread crumbs
    1/2 c  Silvered almonds; for
           -garnish
 
  In 1/3 cup butter lightly saute carrots, celery and onions. Add
  chicken strips and mushrooms; cook until tender. Add the chicken
  soup, milk, salt and pepper, 1 teaspoon parsley and the cooked
  rotini. Place in 2-quart buttered casserole. Mix 1/3 cup butter
  (melted), bread crumbs and the remaining 2 teaspoons parsley; spread
  evenly over casserole. Garnish with almonds. Bake in 350°F oven for
  30 minutes. Makes 8 servings. Shirley Straye, LaGrange, IN, Indiana