I am not much of a cook -- to say the least. But I am slowly but surely adding to my repertoire of meals I can cook. My mom was recently telling me about a meal that my older sister makes. It sounded really good, and simple enough for even me to try, so last night I finally decided to try it.
The recipe includes cream of mushroom soup. The boyfriend doesn't much care for mushrooms. Sunday night is the night I usually fend for myself in terms of dinner. So I decided last night would be a perfect night to try out this new meal. See how I was using my awesome logic skillz to the fullest right there?
I had to run to the store for a couple of the items as well as a large casserole dish with a top to it. It turned out It was about 5:45 before I finally headed out to the store and do a few errands. I got to the store, successfully grabbed what I needed, and got out. I get home, start setting things up... chopped veggies, preheated the oven. I go to open the casserole dish. I open it and find the dish in 3 broken pieces. UGH. Now what? It was too late at that point to go back to the store to return it and to get another one. My 2 choices were:
1. Use the much smaller casserole dish with a top that I had and only cook half of what I wanted to. (I wanted to cook enough for a second meal as leftovers).
2. Use the large casserole dish I had but did not have a top.
My mom had stressed that this particular meal definitely required a top as it expands while cooking and I definitely needed a top. Instead of just deciding on my own like most normal 30 year old women would do, I called my mom. HELP! She said to try just putting foil on top of the larger casserole dish and see how it went. So that's exactly what I did, and it ended up working out just fine. I'm still mad that I have to go through the trouble of exchanging the dish though!
So the recipe, if anyone is looking for a super simple, low fuss meal idea:
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
3/4 of a can of milk (use same can soup came in to measure)
broccoli flowerets
chopped carrots
chopped onions
chopped celery
Preheat the oven to 350. Throw all ingredients above into a large casserole dish (with a top!) and stick it in the oven for 1 hour. Remove from oven and enjoy the yummy goodness. Perhaps with a side of rice or bread or nice side salad. So easy. If you don't like mushrooms, I'm betting cream of asparagus or broccoli soup would work well too.
The recipe includes cream of mushroom soup. The boyfriend doesn't much care for mushrooms. Sunday night is the night I usually fend for myself in terms of dinner. So I decided last night would be a perfect night to try out this new meal. See how I was using my awesome logic skillz to the fullest right there?
I had to run to the store for a couple of the items as well as a large casserole dish with a top to it. It turned out It was about 5:45 before I finally headed out to the store and do a few errands. I got to the store, successfully grabbed what I needed, and got out. I get home, start setting things up... chopped veggies, preheated the oven. I go to open the casserole dish. I open it and find the dish in 3 broken pieces. UGH. Now what? It was too late at that point to go back to the store to return it and to get another one. My 2 choices were:
1. Use the much smaller casserole dish with a top that I had and only cook half of what I wanted to. (I wanted to cook enough for a second meal as leftovers).
2. Use the large casserole dish I had but did not have a top.
My mom had stressed that this particular meal definitely required a top as it expands while cooking and I definitely needed a top. Instead of just deciding on my own like most normal 30 year old women would do, I called my mom. HELP! She said to try just putting foil on top of the larger casserole dish and see how it went. So that's exactly what I did, and it ended up working out just fine. I'm still mad that I have to go through the trouble of exchanging the dish though!
So the recipe, if anyone is looking for a super simple, low fuss meal idea:
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
3/4 of a can of milk (use same can soup came in to measure)
broccoli flowerets
chopped carrots
chopped onions
chopped celery
Preheat the oven to 350. Throw all ingredients above into a large casserole dish (with a top!) and stick it in the oven for 1 hour. Remove from oven and enjoy the yummy goodness. Perhaps with a side of rice or bread or nice side salad. So easy. If you don't like mushrooms, I'm betting cream of asparagus or broccoli soup would work well too.
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