Chicken Divan & Fried Rice

Of course the schedule was shot to crap right off the bat but oh well, it's still good to have a plan and hopefully as we go along it'll be easier to stick to it.  I didn't have time to post yesterday so I'll do two dishes in one entry: yesterday's and today's.  And...per usual, the schedule is off but the rest of the dishes should be making an appearance at some point this week, except one.

Chicken Divan

One of my favorite meals from Ohio.  I made it once before a few years ago but never on my own...and it's actually quite simple!  It uses a lot of ingredients but most of them are standard things you'd have laying around the house.  The only thing we needed to get to make this dish was cream of mushroom soup (which we found at the dollar store--yipee!!)


Ingredients
Serving size: 2

• 1 TBSP oil
• 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 2 cups broccoli
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise 
• 1/8 tsp curry powder
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 1/4 cup bread crumbs
• 1/2 cup cheddar

Instructions

1. Salt and pepper the chicken breasts and saute until done, turning in the pan to cook evenly. Cut each breast into half or thirds.

2. Cook the broccoli in boiling water for 2-3 minutes, then drain.

3. Spray or oil a 9x9 pan, add the broccoli, then add the cooked chicken pieces on top.

4. In a small bowl, mix together the soup, milk, mayonnaise, curry powder, lemon juice, and pepper. Spread over the chicken and broccoli. Sprinkle the cheese on top, then sprinkle the bread crumbs on top of that.

5. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

Super yummy and works well as comfort food!  Always a favorite at home

Fried Rice

An amazing meal when you're feeling lazy and want something yummy and easy to make.  However, I can't take credit for this, Garry did most of the work.  I was going to but he had to scramble the eggs and just kinda kept going from there.  Either way, it's an easy dish and wonderful when you have left overs/items you dunno what to do with.  Like us?  We had carrots for awhile and didn't know what to do with them...throw em in the fried rice!


I don't really have measurements for this one because we really just threw stuff together.  So...basically take the following ingredients and throw them together (or whatever else you'd like to add)


Ingredients
Serving size: 2-ish

• 1 1/2 cups rice
• green onion
• carrots
• soy sauce to taste
• scrambled eggs
• garlic powder to taste

Walla!  We would have added peas but we didn't have peas...and like I said, you can add whatever you want.  We would have added more but we didn't have anything more to add.  And it was surprisingly filling :)  Great vegetarian dish on a budget!