Serendipity

Dinner is served For those of you in the USA, I don't know if you've become familiar with Campbell's new products called: Campbell's Skillet Sauces . So far they have 4 choices to choose from and the one that I was introduced to was Chicken Marsala  pictured below. I was able to be there when it was being fixed by my daughter the first time I tried it. She told me that with your chicken breasts, you need to slice them in half width-wise, so you end up with twice as many pieces of chicken breasts. Below, here are the 2 chicken breasts that I sliced in half to get the 4 pieces. This way, the meat cooks quicker. Makes sense. I used a large 12 inch skillet with 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil. (For some reason olive oil is bothering me.) I fried these until they were light brown on either side, making sure that they were cooked through.  Then came the sauce. Because I wanted to have another serving for dinner tomorrow night and save the rest to freez...

A few months ago, with the encouragement of my boyfriend, I decided to try making something different, some 'food' that would appeal to my palate. I searched the cupboards to see what I had that I could use and this dish was the "well-loved" result! You will need: 2 quart sauce pan water and the following ingredients: 1 box of something like Rice-A-Roni Long Grain & Wild Rice mix 1 bag of stir fry vegetables 1 packet of Taco seasoning mix. A generic brand I use of Rice-A-Roni Also a store brand And I use the store brand in this as well. Follow the directions to prepare the rice mixture, and then add to the rice in the pan, at least half of the bag of stir fry veggies and half a packet of the taco seasoning. Bring to boil and follow the remaining directions on the rice box, until rice is tender.  There will be some standing sauce in the pan, most of which will be absorbed into the rice as it sits. Optionally, and for a different t...