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Home » Course » Dinner

Oh I get it now. Gardening is not at all like buying a bikini.

By: Kita · Published May 6, 2010 · Updated: Jul 27, 2011 · This post may contain affiliate links

With my first actual flower popping up out of my garden I feel like I have accomplished something. Sure, all I have done so far was plant some pre-established plants from the BFs moms garden and some sunflower seeds. But hey, I'll take it. I have spent time looking at other plants I would like to put in the garden. I have made sure to pull some nasty very very thorny weeds from the garden and keep it tidy. I water it... you know.... once a week.... >.>

It's a start.

What I didn't know from the start is that you don't have to plan a garden months in advance like they train all professional shoppers to do from a young age. Santa's barely parked the sleigh and your trying to figure out if that itsy bitsy yellow polka dotted thing will really look good or not 7 months from now.  You buy the plants when they are all flowery and what not and you plant them at that point. Wow. Who would have guessed. Now I know there are people who prep and get things going all year long but I'm not there yet. I was ready to go in March and didn't understand why I had to wait. What was I waiting for? Flip flops were abundant at stores - that means summers here right? Haha, they sure got me.

Dinner wasn't too creative last week as the semester winds down for the BF and I was prepping for Free Comic Book Day. This week we have much yumminess planned and next week someone wants to play Grill Master as he has a free week from school.

I threw together quick roasted chicken sandwiches on ciabatta (yeah for the panini press!) one evening and made a chicken and broccoli casserole another with the left overs.

Chicken and Broccoli Casserole made by Me. 🙂

1 onion chopped

2 tbs minced garlic

2 tbs Olive Oil

2 cups cooked chicken chopped

1 10oz can Cream of Mushroom

1 10oz can Broccoli Cheddar Soup

½ cup Milk

1 teas Thyme

½ teas Cayenne pepper

½ teas pepper

1 box *because I feed a man who eats like a small army* cooked penne

½ cup shredded Parmesan cheese

12 oz fresh steamed broccoli (or sauteed OR 1 bag frozen steamed broccoli)

¼ cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Preheat over to 350.

Heat skillet with olive oil and saute onion and garlic 5 minutes.

In a large bowl whisk together cream of mushroom, broccoli cheddar and milk. Add ⅓ cup parmesan cheese, thyme, Cayenne pepper and pepper. Stir in onions, chicken, broccoli and pasta.

Toss into a greased baking dish, cover with remaining mozzarella and parmesan cheese and bake 20 - 30 minutes.

Tonight its faijitas for seis de Mayo. It was crunch time last night for the BF so after I got home from work we enjoyed some not delivered DiGiorno.  Im sure my tummy wont mind the weight.

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  1. c.c. says

    May 11, 2010 at 5:25 pm

    hey! thanks for reading picky and leaving it some love! that was awful nice of you. i like your blog header, too. :] it's spunky.

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  2. c.c. says

    May 11, 2010 at 5:36 pm

    and i meant to say that the chicken looks yummy.

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  3. Heather Binkley says

    May 11, 2010 at 6:39 pm

    I'm a gardener and I love your anti-analogy. There really is something very rewarding - almost magical - about seeing a plant push through the earth at a place where you planted a seed. 🙂

    Reply
  4. Lydia Mancini says

    May 15, 2010 at 3:56 am

    Looks very tasty I will follow this recipe. Thank you

    Lydia

    Reply

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