Pantry Challenge 2025 part 1 week 2

Here is the first few meals I made for week 2 of the pantry challenge.
Here are the recipes from the video
Recipe from Better Homes and Gardens Quick Fixin’ Chicken
Chicken Shortcakes
1 Cup frozen peas and carrots
1 11oz can condensed cheddar cheese soup
¼ cup milk
Dashes of hot pepper sauce
1 ½ cups cubed cooked chicken
3 English muffins split and toasted or Rusks (A rusk is a hard, dry biscuit or a twice-baked bread.)
In a mediums saucepan cook the vegetables in ¼ cup of water for 5 minutes, drain. Set it aside.
In the same saucepan stir tighter soup, milk, hot pepper sauce. Add Cooked chicken and cooked vegetables. Cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes or until heated through, stirring occasionally.
To Serve place 2 rusks or English muffin halves on a dinner plate. Spoon chicken mixture over the rusks or muffin halves. Serves 3

Poor Man’s Casserole
Recipe from a community cookbook 1981
1 pound hamburger
1 onion chopped
1 8oz can tomato sauce ( I use 15 oz can for more sauce)
1 can whole kernel corn, drained
Instant mashed potatoes
Grated cheddar cheese
Brown Hamburger, then add chopped onion and sauté until tender. Season to taste. Add corn and tomato sauce and simmer for 5 minutes. Pour into baking dish and top with prepared instant potatoes and grated cheddar cheese. Bake at 350=degrees for 30 minutes.
(I do not add to casserole dish. I cook and simmer for 10 minutes and spoon the mixture over the mashed potatoes; like a gravy)