Friday, April 25, 2003

 
Last night I was tired and just went with the old standby in our house, Chicken and rice with mushroom gravy. Leah had a doctor's appointment at 5:45 so I just went to the store on the way home and got the stuff to make dinner. Safeway actually had Ranger chicken (free-range), so I got a package of 2 boneless, skinless breasts. I also picked up two cans of Campbell's 98% fat-free Cream of Mushroom soup (for the gravy).

When I got home, I defrosted a chicken thigh (with the bone and skin and all) for Pop in the microwave. We had some fresh green beans in the fridge, so I trimmed those while the chicken was defrosting and cut up some leftover mushrooms to add to the gravy. Then I browned the chicken breasts and thigh in a pan with a little Pam and seasoned them with salt. I forgot how fatty chicken thighs with the skin on can be, so I probably could have done without the Pam...oh well. Then I put the chicken in a baking dish, covered it with the 2 cans of Cream of Mushroom soup (didn't add any liquid or anything, the juices from the chicken is enough) and added the sliced mishrooms to it and baked it in the over for 30 minutes at 350. While that was baking, I made some rice in the rice cooker and steamed the green beans until they weren't crunchy. When it was done, the soup had turned into a lovely gravy that we spooned over the rice. The chicken breasts were so big that Leah and I split one and it was enough for us. Pop, of course, ate his whole thigh. The green beans turned out perfectly and I just put a dallop of margarine and a little salt on them.

And I forgot to put away the leftovers...AGAIN! After dinner, Pop cleaned up the kitchen and loaded the dishwasher and I saw him putting saran wrap on something, so I assumed he put away the leftover chicken and gravy. But this morning the pan was sitting on the counter...covered in saran wrap.


Jacki 4/25/2003