august: cleveland county

I've resolved to try 12 new recipes this year, just to make sure that I don't eat breadsticks all year long. Yesterday, I made a sort of chicken dish. It's probably already a recipe somewhere, but I just made it up last night!

A Sort of Chicken Dish

Ingredients:
Chicken Breast
Italian Dressing
Mushrooms
Chicken Broth
Shredded Cheese
Salt
Pepper
Onion Powder
Garlic Powder

Preparation:
Marinate chicken breast in some Italian dressing (I would estimate that I used a few tablespoons) for a few hours. After that, put the chicken and dressing in a casserole dish along with about 1/2 cup chicken broth. Slice some mushrooms (I did 5 for 1 chicken breast) and arrange then around the chicken. Top the chicken with cheese, salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder. Put the lid on and cook at 350 degrees for about an hour. After that, check to make sure the chicken is cooked. If not, put it back in until done. When the chicken is done, add more cheese to the top of the chicken and let cook uncovered for 10 minutes or until the cheese is crispy and delicious. Enjoy!!

(It doesn't look super pretty, so there is no picture. It is delicious, however!!)

Devoted blog followers,

December has been simultaneously busy and laid back. It's definitely the best kind of month - much better than when I was a kid and there was a school play, the Christmas parade, holiday parties at all my activities, the Christmas pageant at church, and school until the Friday before Christmas to deal with! (Don't get me wrong, I loved all those things, but now I prefer to spend my free time reading about German politics.)

I finished up my school work with 2 presentations on the first of December, which went quite nicely. After that, all I had to do was give a final for one of my professors. Once all that was over, I got to go home!

To celebrate being home, I went to Fayetteville. All in all, I believe I like the drive to Norman better because it's a state highway and I don't get tailgated by angry Texans.