Happy New Years! Well a lil’ early isn’t it?

Hey hey friends…. well let me just cut right to the chase here.  I am very sorry to say that I am going to need to take a bloggin’ break until the new year.  I just really have been in down spirits with the wisdom tooth & being sick these past few days & think I need some time to ‘collect myself’ if you will.

I spent yet another morning at the doctors trying to figure out why my tonsil is still the size of a golf ball.  I thought I was doin’ well last night, sheesh.  Thankfully the bloodwork came back negative for mono, and she upped my prescription in hopes of killing this stuff before we depart for the cruise on Sunday.  I am just praying that it all works out….

And I hope you know that I hate to bail on you friends bc ya’ll are so fabulous and I love all your support… but I also really hate to bring everyone down bc I know I just won’t be my usual self until this is resolved.  I do hope that you understand

For New Year’s we had plans to head to a small local bar with some friends, dinner and drinks included, but unfortunately you can see where that’s going… and I feel terrible bc The Man shelled out some cash upfront for this and I just feel like I am ruining everything.  But let’s not get started down that depressing train k?

That being said, I would love to hear about any fun new year’s plans that you have – tell me more!  This year I must live vicariously

Well friends, told you I was no fun today   I made it to work for a while so hope to at least get caught up a bit before the long weekend and our trip.  I will probably go home and rest much of the afternoon too – I tend to have “push myself type A” characteristics and sometimes need a reality check (or a series of them?)

Alright peeps, guess it’s that time…..

SEE YOU FRIENDS IN 2010!!!!!!!!!

Happy New Year to every one of you wonderful readers, ya’ll mean the world to me and I hope that you have a safe & happy holiday.

Cookin’ Creations!

Well look at this, I have made it back for a dinner post tonight!  This is goooooooood  

Needless to say I have started to feel better throughout the day and can now actually get up and perform normal daily activities (i.e. cooking dinner)

However friends, I gots to make this quick since I haven’t spent hardly any time with The Man in a few days thanks to this wonderful sickness adventure!

After lunch today I knew that I was craving broccoli & cheese for dinner, and since I’m apparently on a “cream of ____” kick I wanted to include this too!  We are really trying to use up all foods in the house before we go away, so prepare to see some ummmm creativity in the next few days

I also had some brussel sprouts that I knew I was ready to chow down on!  The other day I stumbled across a fabulous idea for roasting these as well, so I knew that was goin’ to be in the works for din tonight.

Up first, the cream of chicken creation – which I decided would become a casserole. I started with this:

I sauteed up some chopped chicken breast in a lil’ EVOO, salt & pepper. 

Then I added the frozen broccoli, which I had cooked first in the ol’ microwave

At this point I dumped in the can of cream of chicken soup and a sprinkle of paprika, plus more S&P :)

After a quick taste, I decided that some red pepper flakes & minced garlic were in order… love the “create as you go” recipes as ya’ll well know

I also cooked up some rice and then it was time to layer up the casserole!

1. Rice

2. Chicken & broc mixture

3. Topped with some of that TJs cheese I was raving about earlier!

4. Popped into a 400F oven for about 15 minutes so the cheese could get all melty… and voila!

I also roasted up the brussel sprouts according to direction

And dinner was served – yea yummmmmmmmmmm!

 

I wasn’t sure how this cream of chicken concoction would turn out – however The Man declared that this dinner was a complete success and I think I’d have to agree.  The cheese really pulled it all together into just a warm, gooey tasty pile of yumminess

Alright, well gots to run friends, see you tomorrow where hopefully I will be back in action (aka at work) and resuming some normal life activities!

Have a lovely night friends