Baked Chicken & Asparagus Casserole

From Clean Eating Summer 2008.



Ingredients:
cream of broccoli soup
wild rice
asparagus
chicken breasts
Monterey Jack cheese

Comments:
I just this second noticed that the rice was supposed to be pre-cooked. No wonder it didn't turn out so well. I'm not a fan of wild rice in the first place, but this was especially icky. Overall, the concept of this dish isn't very far off from one of my staples: this chicken rice bake. Switch out the kind of soup and rice and add some veggies and cheese and there you go. I don't know that I would make this version again. It didn't go over too well with either of us.

Quinoa & Vegetable Saute

From Clean Eating Summer 2008. Doesn't look like they post recipes online.



Ingredients:
quinoa
water (used chicken stock)
canola oil
red onion
bell pepper (left out)
green cabbage
herbes de Provence
salt
peas
tofu

Comments:
Adam mentioned quinoa a while back as some kind of miracle food that is a great nutritional staple and we should eat it every day. So I finally got around to finding a recipe to make with it. Adam determined they look like baby fish eyes. How appetizing. The taste is not extraordinary, but I suppose that's not really the point. This recipe as a whole was ok. I think I'd cut the tofu into smaller chunks next time as it seemed to kind of take over the whole dish. Also, the picture in the magazine? Doesn't look like they even cooked it. Kind of misleading.