Building Traditions

As Dan and I have passed the 1 year mark, we've started considering the future. Our lives together, all of the what-if's that are included along the way, and what traditions we'd like to have with each other.

After a lot of serious discussion, some soul searching, and a bit of compromise we came to one very serious agreement.

Friday night... is pizza night.

My sweety is many things... a cook is NOT one of them. I joked with his mom this weekend that I wasn't marrying him until he took a Home Ec class.

Please note how, while I lightly dusted his face with flour, he all but dumped the bag over my head.

The perfect pizza. Half cheese, half cheese and black olive. And no, I didn't take bites out of 3 slices before the photo. Somehow, while I cut the pizza, the middle was demolished.

His pizza. A sausage and pepperoni nightmare.

The recipe, should anyone care to know, is very simple. Each pizza takes 1 box of Jiffy Pizza Dough mix, some sauce, cheese and toppings.

Preheat your oven to 425. Prepare all your toppings before you start the dough.

Pour the mix into a bowl.
Add 1/2 cup hot water and mix.
Cover and let stand for 5 minutes.
Flour your hands and surface and knead the dough a few times.
Smooth dough onto pan, working from inside out.
Put dough in oven for 2 minutes (DON'T SKIP THIS PART!!!)
Let cool for a few minutes, then add toppings.
Bake until cheese bubbles up, then let cool.
Cut with a pair of scissors. (Family tradition)
Eat. Eat. Eat.

College Student Chicken Casserole

What you'll need:


1. One boneless, skinless chicken breast
2. One cup of instant rice
3. Package of Pilsbury Big & Buttery Crescent rolls
4. Chicken bullion cube
5. Half-can of diced green beans
6. Can of Cream of Chicken soup
7. 75 cent casserole dish from rummage sale
8. $1 cookie sheet from the dollar store

Preparation:

* Cut the chicken breast into cubes. Cook in frying pan.
* Boil 1 cup of water and bullion cube. Add instant rice.
* Realize you're supposed to be preheating the oven. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
* Prepare cream of chicken soup in casserole dish. Keep 1/2 cup aside.
* Remember you put a wet towel into the oven yesterday while it was cooling to help it dry off.


* Open windows and doors to disperse smoke. Fan smoke detector with unburnt towel. Thank your lucky stars that a) it didn't catch on fire and b) you're alone in the house so there is no real proof of your stupidity.
* Add 75% of the rice to the cream of chicken soup in the dish. Mix. Add cubed chicken and push down into rice/soup mix with fork. Add can of green beans. Pour remaining rice over, then top off with 1/2 cup of soup that was kept aside.
* Open your crescent rolls, take two and set them aside. Prepare remaining 4 according to package instructions.
* Take unprepared crescent rolls and cut into strips.
* Arrange on the top of the casserole in a pretty design
Something to remember:
* Don't pile too many strips onto each other or the bottommost won't cook and when you're eating it's a VERY disgusting, rather snot like texture. Ask me how I figured THAT one out...


* Bake for 17 minutes. Remove crescent rolls from pan. Bake for 10 more minutes.


Voila! Dinner for 2-3 days. Or, if you're not a college student, feeds 2-4 people depending on portion size.