Creamy Italian Chicken and Rice

So my mom pulled out a package of chicken breasts, plopped it on the counter, and said, "There you go, Han."

We didn't have a lot of stuff in the kitchen to go with chicken, so I hit one of my FAVORITE websites: supercook.com!!!

If you've never used Supercook, it goes like this: you type in what you have in your kitchen, and it pulls up all kinds of recipes based on what you have.

This is chef's best friend.  If you're a chef and this isn't your best friend, FIX THAT.

Anyway, I ended up finding an awesome recipe from Kraft.com that I had to adjust a bit since I didn't have instant rice, only regular white rice.  Other than than, I followed it really closely and it came out with a creamy, tangy flavor that everyone at the dinner table loved.  

Personally, I don't see any reason to post the whole recipe, since it's not my own and I didn't really tweak it to make it my own (Hannah: 1, Copyright Infringement: 0).  You can just follow the recipe from the link, except with the rice, get it in a pot and cooking before anything else.  Let it cook in its own pot, and do the chicken/vegetables separately.  Then, if you'd like, combine it all before serving.

I also added some of the broth to the chicken and the rice, which I think added a nice balance of flavor through everything.  And since I was short of some of the vegetables, I used green peppers and broccoli.

Bene, no?

Hannah: 0, Italian Language: 1

I think in the near future, I'll try to sway a little farther out of my comfort zone and try some new things.

I have noticed that I have a tendency to make variations of the same dishes, which is only due to the fact that we have a somewhat limited food budget and I often worry about using up every ingredient in the house on something that comes out badly.

But, as a budding chef, I would very much like to expand my horizons, as well as put together some of my own 100% unique recipes.  Plus, who doesn't like experimentation?

Hannah: 0, Awkward Word Choice: 1

So be on the lookout for some interesting dishes soon, as well as a reflection on Date Night with Myself.  Can't wait to tell you guys about it!!

ECHO out.