How interesting is this?

You may need to click on it so you can read what it says. I like.

Pasta + Spinach + Chicken = Yum!

A sweet friend brought this to me today! This isn’t the best picture, but you get the idea. Yum! I pinned the recipe on my pinterest page and I’m so thankful that she made it for me! It was something I had been wanting to try plus it really helped me out!

Chicken & Spinach Pasta Bake
8 oz uncooked rigatoni
1 T olive oil
1 c chopped onion
1 (10 oz) pack frozen spinach, thawed
3 c cubed, cooked chicken breasts
1 (14 oz) can Italian-style diced tomatoes, drained
1 (8 oz) container Philadelphia chive & onion cream cheese
½ t salt, ½ t pepper
1½ c shredded mozzarella cheese

Prepare rigatoni according to pkg directions. Spread oil on bottom of 11×17 in baking dish; add onion in a single layer. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes or just until tender. Transfer onion to large bowl, set aside.

Drain chopped spinach well, pressing between paper towels. Stir in rigatoni, spinach, chicken, & next 4 ingredients into onion in bowl. Spoon mixture into dish & sprinkle evenly with shredded mozzarella cheese. Bake covered at 375 for 30 minutes; uncover & bake 15 more minutes or until bubbly.

Nikon D90 Meets Forced Rest

In the spirit of  a. Fun b. capturing memories c. silliness d. figuring out how to use my fancy pants camera, I will be doing some photo challenges. Well, I call them challenges because anything that requires consistency and discipline is a struggle for me. For 6 weeks I’m being forced to work no more than 4 hours a day 5 days a week so that my foot will heal. I’m going to need things to do to keep me occupied. In addition to my normal regiment of sewing and pinterest, I’m going to add photography to my list. Here are the phollowing (I didn’t mean to type to following with a ph, but somehow I did that and I’m keeping it) challenges. There is a 30 day challenge and then just a general list of ideas.

Dirty Dozen vs. Clean 15

I found this interesting. Some of the fruits and veggies on the “Dirty Dozen” list contained over 20 different pesticides! Eeek!

Baked, not Fried

Myself along with some good friends have jumped head first into the overwhelmingly huge world of Pinterest. It was decided that we must do some of the projects that we are constantly finding. I mean, we have to justify spending all of this time online. So, for the last few weekends we have been getting together to try new recipes. It’s fun, but problematic when you need to eat in a more healthy manner. For tonight’s grand event I have chosen to make baked egg rolls. They are full of veggies and chicken! And bonus, they are baked and not fried! Click here for this yummy recipe!!