Husband-Approved Gems From Our Kitchen

Hello, and welcome to Roubos' Rubies, a recipe-infused blog of delicious proportions! I'm Mrs. R, and though by trade I work in education, I love to cook and find new recipes, and my husband Dr. Bugs (and occasionally two tabby cats, M and J), loves to eat them! I got the idea to start this blog when the requests for some of my recipes became too overwhelming to keep up with, so I decided I would start putting them all in one place for everyone to enjoy! The title, Roubos' Rubies, came from a good friend of mine, and was agreed upon by another. My mother thought I should call it "The Recipes My Mother Never Cooked," since she would burn boiling water, but I decided to be nice :)

So please, feel free to use these recipes, give them to your friends (or just link them!) and comment on your favorites! There will also be other food-related discussions posted here, not just recipes, so check back often!









Happy Reading, and Happy Eating!








Love,
Team Roubos








Thursday, May 6, 2010

Thurdsays=Busy=CASSEROLE!

We have church on Thursday nights here in the Roubos household. Now, since I have allergy shots and I don't get home til after 5pm sometimes, and Dr. R doesn't get home til 5pm usually as well, and we have to be at church at 6:40...this gives us a bit of a time crunch! This is where the infamous casserole comes in. I love this one, which has chicken, broccoli, and cheese. You could probably cook the chicken ahead and have it in the fridge, or use thawed frozen broccoli, but I like to do it fresh, and the oven has to preheat anyway!

Enjoy this quick and tasty casserole for two!

1 boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into 1 in cubes
1 head of broccoli, chopped (can use less if you don't like that but, but I LOVE it!)
1 can cream of chicken soup (we use the Campbell's Healthy Request)
1/3 soup can of milk (we use skim)
shredded cheddar cheese (I probably use about 1/3c., you can use more or less)
Salt/pepper, as you like
1 Tbsp butter, melted
2 Tbsp bread crumbs

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. While oven is preheating, place broccoli in a pot with about 2 inches of water. Boil 4 minutes, drain.
3. In a skillet sprayed with nonstick spray, cook chicken until no longer pink.
4. Put cooked chicken, broccoli, soup, milk, cheese, salt and pepper together in a casserole dish. Mix well. (ours is a round glass pyrex one, about 2 quarts I think)
5. Mix breadcrumbs and melted butter. Sprinkle on top of the casserole. (Sometimes, I just sprinkle the bread crumbs on dry and dot with a little butter instead of mixing it)
6. Bake for about 20 minutes, until hot and bubbly.

We like it with another green veggie, or a salad!

I think I need to start taking pictures of things I make! Tomorrow is Breakfast for Dinner night, and we'll probably have my special whole wheat cinnamon pancakes! YUM!

Eat well and be well, loves!

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