Recipes
- Broccoli Chicken Casserole
- Chicken a la Grits
- Parmesan Chicken Recipe
- Casablanca Chicken Stew
- Tomato Spinach and Bean Burrito
Broccoli Chicken Casserole
Original recipe yield:
4 servings
INGREDIENTS
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
1 pound broccoli florets, cooked
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 tablespoon mayonnaise
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
1 cup dry stuffing mix
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Boil chicken until tender and shred or cut into bite size pieces. Meanwhile,
steam broccoli until crisp but tender.
In a small bowl mix together the soup and mayonnaise. Set aside. In a
9x13 inch baking dish layer the chicken, broccoli, soup mixture, and cheese.
Sprinkle dry stuffing mix over the top and bake in the preheated oven
for 25-30 minutes
Just A Bit Of VanMeter (VanMetre) History!
The first mention of a Van Meteren we can find is in a deed dated September
1253. "Meeteren", also called Meteren, is a village in the Tielerwaard
and the village of Meteren is still shown on the maps of Holland.
One of the branches of the family lived in the "Huise Van Meteren"
in Geldermalsen.There is but little available concerning the residences
of the Van Meterens in Holland; one sketch, however, has been obtained
which refers to the "Huise Van Meteren" situate in the Heerlykleid
Metere, in Geldermelsen. It was reported to be a stately structure. The
home, for many years and generations, of one the branches of the Van Metre
family, and subsequently of others. This mansion stood in a beautiful
park of magnificent trees, some of which were of great height and dimensions.
The house was rebuilt in 1768-9, but it has at last served its day; it
was sold in December, 1906, and, has since been torn down.
Coat-of-Arms: Our family's coat of arms the Van Meteren is divided into
four equal parts. Two quarters diagonal of each other with horizontal
stripes of red and yellow. On the yellow stripes we find eight martlets
(or swallows), three on the top stripe, two in the middle and three at
the bottom stripe. The two other quarters are azure with in the centre
a red fleur de lis (the royal emblem of France). The title here, "jr.,"
is synonymous with Jonkvrouw, young woman, feminine, and Jonkheer, young
man, masculine. "Ridderschap" and "Ridderedd" signifies
either Nobility or Knighthood
The coat of arms of the village Meteren is azure with in the centre a
golden fleur de lis.
The coat of arms of the village Cuijk has horizontal stripes of red and
yellow. On the yellow stripes we find eight martlets, three on the top
stripe, two in the middle and three at the bottom stripe.
So the coat of arms of the van Meteren/van Meeteren/Van Metre/Van Matre
family is composed out of the coat of arms of the village of Meteren and
of the village Cuijk, representing the ties of the two families and villages
dated in the 1300-1400's.
The branch of the VanMetre family with whom we are direct descendants,
came to America in 1662, as revealed in the papers of the ship "Vos"
(Fox), arriving at New Amsterdam.
The Van Metres were of Holland/Dutch lineage, and a new spelling of the
name came upon them as they reached New Amsterdam and subsequently moved
into New Jersey.
In the third generation of the family was John VanMeter, who commanded
a trading expedition into the wilds of Virginia and four of his sons subsequently
settled in the mountain districts of old Virginia (WV).
The VanMeters had previously secured their conditional grants by orders
of the governor and council, dated June 17, 1730. The John VanMeter grant,
located in the VA (WV) valley, enjoined the settlement of ten families.
Broadly interpreted, the territory was a vast tract of uncharted wilderness--exceeding
40,000 acres.
John's son Isaac VanMeter with his wife and four children settled at historic
Fort Pleasant in what is now Hardy County, West Virginia, in 1744. Isaac
Van Meter, brother of Jacob, was killed and scalped by the Indians near
his fort in 1757.
One of his sons was Colonel Garret Van Meter who was born in New York
in February 1732, and was a boy of twelve when the family located at Fort
Pleasant. In 1756 he married Mrs. Ann Markee Sibley, and after the death
of his father, inherited Mount Pleasant and a large tract of surrounding
land. This land grant was issued by Lord Fairfax, from King George in
1761. (This original land grant document is currently in the family's
possession today).
He was a colonel of a regiment of militia in General Washington's army
in the Revolution. After the war he and his wife lived at old Fort Pleasant,
where they stayed until death.
Only two of their sons grew to mature years, Isaac, born in 1757 and Jacob,
born May 18, 1764. These brothers married sisters, Bettie and Tabitha
Inskeep, whose mother was Hannah McCulock (McCulloch), a daughter of the
most famous Indian fighter and scout of his day. Jacob Van Meter, the
younger son of Colonel Garrett Van Meter, inherited the Fort Pleasant
homestead, where he and his wife, Tabitha, spent their lives. He was colonel
of a regiment in the second war with Great Britain in 1812. He became
a flour miller in the South Branch Valley and for many years was a partner
of Chief Justice Marshall in the breeding of thoroughbred horses.
Utilizing the land of our heritage, the VanMeters of today are still
residing and working in Hardy County WV. The family calls the land Windy
Ridge Farm. We house a muti-million dollar, state of the art poultry operation,
maintain pasture and crop land, as well as keep acres of undisturbed woodland.
The family first recorded use of the names of Isaac, Johnathan and Jacob
are found as early as the history of the 1500's. Although a variety of
different spellings were utilized.
The VanMeter Lineage of Today
Thomas and Pansy VanMeter |
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