Yadda, Yadda, Yadda & A Recipe

Remember the cough that I told you about? As it turns out, I have bronchitis. And strep. And pleurisy.  If you've not ever been visited by the little ailment referred to as pleurisy, then just continue reading.  If you have had pleurisy, thank you for the little grimace you gave when reading this.  Ouch.

I assumed that I probably had bronchitis.  According to WebMD, bronchitis usually runs its course and then passes on without medical intervention.  I am a problem solver.  It must be in my DNA.  My cerebrum functions much more like a male's, I'm sure. I think that is why I liked research papers... I get an adrenaline rush from researching.  Thus, my love for WebMD.  I can self-diagnose.  I must be a doctors worst nightmare.  But back to the point; I thought my cough would run its course.  But it lingered.  And didn't get any better.  In fact, it got worse.  So our household went to the doctor.  My older two have strep also and my hubby was given an antibiotic too.

Because of all of this, we didn't go to small group last night and it was the perfect evening to stay home and play outside.  It. Was. Gorgeous.  We enjoyed some playful family time.  One of our neighbors and her sweet daughter also walked down to meet us.  They were great and I was so excited to meet some of the people who live around us.

For dinner last night, we had shrimp which Noah calls shramp.  There is no cute story with this, it's just funny when he says it.  He sounds like he has an odd accent.

Speaking of dinners, the Southern Living flop recipe was a lemonade cake.  I don't have the recipe on hand, but who would want a bad recipe anyway?  In defense of the cake, we had to make a slight ingredient alteration because the grocery store near by did not carry exactly what we were looking for.  I really think that if we had not done so, it would have been much better.  It wasn't gross, just tart.  REALLY TART. TOO TART.  So if you have a great lemonade cake recipe, you should share it and help the cake redeem itself.  Because every cake deserves a good redemption story. Right?

The recipe that we liked was a Chicken & Bow Tie Pasta. It was easy and yummy.  Two words that make my heart leap.

Chicken and Bow Tie Pasta

Ingredients

• 1  quart water
• 4  skinned and boned chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
• 8  ounces  uncooked bow tie pasta
• 1  cup  chicken broth
• 1  celery rib, chopped (about 1/2 cup)
• 1  small onion, chopped (about 1/2 cup)
• 1  (10 3/4-ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
• 1  (8-ounce) package pasteurized prepared cheese product, cubed
• Garnish: chopped fresh parsley

Preparation

Bring 1 quart salted water to a boil in a Dutch oven. Add chicken, and cook 12 minutes or until done. Remove chicken from water with a slotted spoon. Add pasta to water in Dutch oven, and cook 10 minutes or until tender; drain. Keep warm.

Heat 1/4 cup broth over medium-high heat in a Dutch oven; add celery and onion, and cook 5 minutes or until tender. Stir in chicken, soup, cheese, and remaining 3/4 cup chicken broth, stirring until cheese is melted. Toss with pasta; garnish, if desired. Serve immediately.

All of the dutch oven stuff is nonsense to me, just cook chicken and add it. It kind of has a chicken spaghetti taste, but was much easier and I prefer the bow tie pasta over spaghetti noodles.

It was really good and would be a great meal to take to a friend who has had a baby or surgery or just to show your love.  We were cooking for a group so we doubled the recipe and it made a heaping amount. So it would also be a good recipe to use when cooking for a large group.

My family loves pasta.  In fact, we had a different pasta dish for lunch today my grandma asked Kayt if she liked pasta and she said, "Yeah. It's my favorite!"  with her little head cocked to the side like she does when she talks.  It's pretty cute.  And she is pretty funny.