Plans for Friday Night

[mousapelli]

1. Gorge self on broccoli-less Chicken Broccoli Casserole--check.

It's my mom's recipe, and it involves riceroni and sharp cheddar, and then you put this sauce on top that is a can of cream of chicken soup and then 1/2 cup mayo and a few dashes of lemon, and i know it sounds bad, hell it LOOKS bad too, but then you bake it for 40 minutes and suddenly it is THE BEST THING EVAR.

and then you put it in the fridge for a day or two and it KILLS YOU WITH GOOD. MMMM.

2. Watch X-files until something freaks me out too much to sleep--on it.

Last weekend it was "Blood". KILL. DO IT NOW.

3. Knit a gauge swatch so I can start my cardigan--up next.

I am such a dweeb, being totally ecstatic to start knitting a cardigan. Seriously. My mentor teacher has one she knitted that I was totally jealous of, but you know she's a 60-something Latin teacher, so it kind of makes a lot more sense when she is like "LOOKIT MY COOL CARDIGAN PATTERN".

We are so totally the same person, it's ridiculous. a few weeks ago i told her i couldn't make rice, just can't, and she was like "OMG ME TOO!" and she thought it was so funny that she actually bought me a microwave rice cooker for an early birthday present.

4. Sleep until roughly the second coming--oh hell yes.

Or until the postman arrives with my cds tomorrow morning, pleasepleaseplease.

Comments

[fantomeq.livejournal.com]

Mmm, that casserole actually sounds quite good. I adore cream of chicken soup, especially the herb kind.

Yay cardigan! I really must learn to make something that isn't square. I picked up 21 double ended needles at a thrift store for $2 yesterday, so hurray! Most of them don't match, but there's probably three sets of four in there.

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

It's totally the best thing ever. I posted the recipe for shinigamitabris down below, if you want it.

wow, i'm jealous! i lost one of my needles (the rats probably ate it or something) so i need to get more little ones.

[fantomeq.livejournal.com]

Mmm, I've got to make that sometime.

I wish I knew what size these are. I'll have to see if I can find one of those gauge things to tell. Then I'd know if I had a size you needed in my extras.

[florahart]

3. Knit a gauge swatch so I can start my cardigan--up next.

...My eyeballs initially read this is "knit a sweat gague."

[shinigamitabris.livejournal.com]

you can't go wrong with chicken, cheese, and no vegetables. XD

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

Sure! This is my mom's recipe as given to me, for a 13x9 casserole dish:

Ingrediants:
4-6 chicken breasts
1 box chicken riceroni
1 cup grated sharp cheddar
1 package frozen broccoli
crackers or italian breadcrumbs

for topping:
2 cans of cream of chicken condensed
1 cup mayo
2 teaspoons lemon

1. de-skin and cook chicken in water, use water to cook riceroni, cook broccoli.
2. layer riceroni, then broccoli, then chicken, then sprinkle with cheese.
3. Mix topping and pour over the other stuff. Crumble crackers or italian breadcrumbs over top.
4. bake for 40 minutes at 350 degrees.

I about halved the recipe for a 9x9 dish and baked for about 35 minutes. You can make this ahead of time by putting everything together except the topping and then setting in the fridge overnight. You'll have to bake it a bit longer if it's cold. the topping benefits from sitting in the fridge for a while too, so I usually make that the night before as well, but just don't put it actually on the casserole until i am just about to bake it.

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

Just to clarify, you use the water from cooking the chicken to cook the riceroni. Makes it all chickeny. Mmm.

[swimchica623.livejournal.com]

thats why rice in a pouch is the best invention ever. XD

[instantramen]

I've long since learned to never judge a dish by its appearance, because my mom's hamburger stroganoff looks like it should be disgusting, being that unedible shade of grey from the cream of mushroom soup, but it tastes great.

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

once it's baked it looks really good, it's just that topping by itself that's questionable.

it was years and years before I knew that it was just mayo and cream of chicken, and that still grosses me out a little, but it's SO GOOD after sitting in the fridge for a while, it wouldn't matter what it was made out of.

[hetaira9.livejournal.com]

yeah, I definitely can't cook rice. That's why I cook couscous. Can't screw that up. But, in general, I don't like rice unless I'm eating Indian food, and it's not like I cook it myself :) sounds like you have a relaxing weekend ahead of you!