Hawaiian Haystacks

Well, I haven't posted a new recipe in a while and my friend Tonia just started her own recipe blog, so I thought I'd add a little something to mine. Nothing too exciting - but we had Hawaiian Haystacks for dinner last night and I seem to get a myriad of people who have NO CLUE what this is. Those poor, poor souls. I'm here to enlighten:

Hawaiian Haystacks

This recipe can really just be made to fit how much your family eats. The follow are the amounts that I made last night and I had no left overs (and Juliana only had a spoonful of rice before her dinner from a jar). So in short this is about right for 2 adults and 3 children.

3 cups rice
2 chicken breasts, trimmed and cubed
2 cans (10 1/4 oz) Cream of Chicken Soup
1/2-2/3 can (from the soup) milk
Salt to taste
Toppings - I'll explain below

Prepared the rice {I like to mix mine 2 cups white, 1 cup brown} as preferred. I use a rice cooker, so I usually start my rice about 2 hours before I want dinner on the table.
Brown the chicken in a skillet, adding salt to taste. When cooked through add both cans of soup and the milk. Mix together and heat through.

That's it - easy peasy.

Here's how you serve it, starting with the plate (duh):
rice
chicken and sauce
toppings

At our house we serve the following toppings:
grated cheese
Chow Mein noodles
sliced black olives
pineapple chunks

I've also seen:
green onions
tomatoes
green peppers

You get the idea. You can put whatever sounds good, or that you have lying around on top. The chow mein noodles and cheese are the clear winners at our house. And this is a meal that all the kids will eat - picky Abby included.

Tonight we're having Hamburgers - no recipe involved there.
Wed we're having Crispy Onion Chicken, which I've already posted.
Thurs we're having Potato Cheese soup - I usually just make it up, but I think I have a decent recipe around here somewhere...
Fri we're having nachos - I'll post that info later. Easy and so good. And the kids don't even think we're eating dinner, it's too fun.
Sat we're having blackened Chicken Alfredo - I'm pretty sure I've posted this recipe already, too. I'll double check that.
Sun we're having Ham, a yummy cheesy potato recipe and asparagus - I'll get those recipes up soon, too.

OK, got to run kids to baseball practice and then get the laundry.....