Chicken Divan

Mom’s Recipe For Chicken Divan
20oz frozen broccoli
2 C sliced cooked chicken (2 breasts cooked and boned)
1t lemon juice
½ t curry powder
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 C mayonnaise
½ C sharp cheddar cheese
½ C bread crumbs

Cook broccoli until tender.  Drain well and arrange in a greased baking dish. Place chicken on top. Mix soup, mayonnaise, lemon juice, and curry – pour over chicken. Top with shredded cheese and bread crumbs.  Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes until thoroughly heated.

Changes I made:
Veggies
2 heads fresh broccoli, florets only
1 small yellow squash, seeded, peeled, cut into chunks (optional)
½ a red pepper, diced
½ a small onion, chopped
Mix together raw veggies and place in a 9x9 baking dish

Chicken
Split fryer chicken boiled in water seasoned with Tex-Joy, paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, and pepper – drain, let cool, remove skin and pick chicken from the bones, tear into bite size pieces
Put on top of veggie mix

Soup Mix
¾ t lemon juice
2 T milk
1 can cream of mushroom soup (any 'cream of' soup can be used)
½ C mayonnaise (OR 1/4 C sour cream, 1/4 C mayonnaise) 
onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, black pepper, Weber's Garlic & Herb seasoning mix (all to taste)
(OR onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, cumin, salt free Tony Chachere's, Weber's Garlic & Herb seasoning)
Mix together and pour over chicken, making sure it covers edge to edge

Topping
½ C Monterey Jack cheese
¼ - ½ C crushed garlic & butter flavored croutons **
Sprinkle cheese over the soup mix
Sprinkle crushed croutons over cheese

Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes until well heated and topping has browned.

**I filled a snack size ziploc with Mrs. Cubbison's garlic & butter croutons and crushed them with the flat side of a meat tenderizer

http://www.mrscubbisons.com/products/butter-garlic-croutons.php 

***Happy Mistake - while putting this together the other night I accidentally forgot to add the chicken before putting the soup mix on! 
Poured everything in a large bowl and mixed in the chicken, made a second batch of the soup mix and tried again. 
Broccoli, onions, red peppers, chicken, and the first batch of soup mix all mixed together and placed back in the baking dish then topped it with the second batch of soup mix. 
Covered it and put it in the fridge overnight. 
Took it out to sit on the counter for about an hour before baking. 
Added the cheese and crouton crumb topping right before putting it in the oven.
Baked it for 35 minutes at 350.
Tasted even better since all the seasonings in the soup mix got to mingle with the veggies and chicken overnight! 
I will be sure to make this mistake again!