Chicken Spaghetti

Wow! Two posts in one week! I am really getting in to this blogging thing! The more I read other people's blogs, the more I want to update my own blog. I can feel this facebook-like addiction coming on . . .I'll admit it. I'm a blog stalker.

So, I have a recipe for you guys. It's super easy. I'll go with "easy" any day, but especially these days. This cast and I don't mix well in the kitchen. Speaking of the cast, I got a new one yesterday. I went from blue to a lovely spring green. I can also get this cast wet, so that's a plus! Here's a photo of me with the new cast. Don't judge me too harshly here. This picture was taken at the end of the day. Also, keep in mind that I am unable to put my contacts in or pull my hair back by myself. So whatever Jonathan does to it in the morning has to last all day, and you can see from this picture that it usually doesn't end pretty.




Anyway, back to the recipe. This is one of my favorites that my mom makes. It's also good, because you can make a lot of it and freeze part of it for later.

You will need:

1 whole chicken

6 to 10 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese

6 to 10 ounces shredded cheddar cheese

1 medium onion, chopped

1 bell pepper, seeded and chopped

2 garlic cloves, chopped

3/4 stick margarine

1 pound spaghetti

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 can cream of celery soup

1 can cream of mushroom soup

First, you are going to boil your chicken in a large pot. I covered the chicken about half way with water, turned it on high until it started to boil, and then turned it down to medium and put the lid on. Let it boil for about an hour.

As soon as the chicken is done boiling, put the chicken in a large bowl and stick it in the refrigerater to cool. Once the chicken is cool enough to touch, de-bone the chicken and cut it into bite size pieces. Save the broth from the chicken, as you will use it later to cook your noodles in.

Then, you are going to saute your onion, bell pepper and garlic in margarine. While your veggies are cooking, cook your noodles in the broth you had left over from your chicken. Drain noodles and set them aside.

Add your 3 cans of soup and 1/2 of the cheese to your cooked veggies.

Mix well

Stir in the chicken and spaghetti and mix well. Pour into 9x13" baking dish ( you can go ahead and half this at this time if you are going to freeze part of it) and bake for 30 minutes in a 350 degree oven. Remove from oven and top with remaining cheese. Return to oven and bake until cheese is melted.

Savor and enjoy!

The Force

Just wanted to share our favorite commercial from the Super Bowl. So cute!

Big Blue

So it seems that a lot has been going on in the Little household lately. Its funny how so much and so little can happen at the same time. Confused? Let me explain...

About a week and a half ago Jonathan and I decided to take a small day trip to one of the many ski resorts in the area. I had acquired all those snowboarding skills on our trip to Snowshoe (note the sarcasm), and I didn't want to risk losing them. SO we set out early two Saturday mornings ago for Wintergreen ski resort, which is located about an hour from Lexington. As many of you know, this is literally a dream come true for Jonathan. To be only an hour from a ski resort, I knew it was only a matter of time before he had me waking up at 7am on a Saturday morning so we could make it in time for the first snowboarding lesson of the day. We did get up at 7am on a Saturday, but I didn't take a lesson. Maybe things would have turned out differently if I had . . .

Here we have the only action shot of the day. While its quality is sub-par (it was taken from Jonathan's phone) I thought I would include it anyway to show folks that I did more than fall that day. And I really was having fun! "Was" being the operative word. . .

Ok, you are about to see a string of slightly odd pictures. Yes, we are eating lunch in the back of the 4-Runner. And no, it didn't occur to us that we probably could have taken our lunch inside the resort. You know you have spent too much money on rentals and lift tickets when you feel compelled to eat your homemade lunch out of the trunk of your car.

And then after lunch everything went south . . .yep, that's me below and that thing on my arm, that's a sling. A toe-side turn gone terribly wrong resulted in a distal radius fracture . . .not exactly how I pictured the day going. After leaving the resort, we drove back to Lexington and went straight to the Emergency Room. We got some X-rays taken, had a splint put on, all in all it was good times.

I had this lovely cast put on Monday. I have to wear it for six weeks. So when I say we've had a lot going on, we have!! We've both been out of commission for the past couple of weeks. Right after my little fall, Jonathan came down with the flu. So needless to say there weren't many household chores getting done around our house. You know this was driving me crazy, but I tried not to let it bother me too much.

I have to go tomorrow and get this cast replaced with a shorter, waterproof cast, and I can't wait! I hadn't taken a bath since I was probably six, and I've had to take one everyday since it happened! I am affectionately calling this cast "big blue" for the sake of the blog title. Stay tuned for a new color, look, and angle, hopefully!