Brown Rice, Tomatoes and Basil

Sah's pick 2 of the day! Brown rice with tomatoes...mmmm

Prep Time:

5 min

Inactive Prep Time:

--

Cook Time:

40 min

Level:

Easy

Serves:

6 servings

Ingredients

• 1 cup Texmati brown rice
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided
• 1/4 cup Champagne or rice wine vinegar
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon good olive oil
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 1 pound ripe tomatoes, large-diced
• 1 cup packed basil leaves (1 large bunch), chopped

Directions

Bring 2 1/4 cups water to a boil and add the rice and 1 teaspoon of the salt. Return to a boil, cover, and simmer for 30 to 40 minutes, until the rice is tender and all the water is absorbed. Transfer the rice to a bowl.

Whisk together the vinegar, sugar, olive oil, remaining teaspoon of salt, and a pinch of pepper. Pour over the rice. Add the tomatoes and basil. Mix well and check the seasonings. Serve at room temperature.

Thanks to Food Network for recipe and picture!!!

Addictive Chicken

This is a recipe that Trina created herself one night when cooking dinner and we both fell in love with it, it's personally one of my favorites, she named it Addictive Chicken, we tried to think of another name for it but we didn't have any luck haha. It's a very easy meal to prepare and very cheap as far as cost goes and it's very filling as well.

- Preheat oven to 375*
- 1 Can -Cream of Chicken or Cream of Mushroom(as long as it's cream of chicken)
- 1/2 can water
- Chicken(depending on how many people, boneless or bone it doesn't matter)
- Pasta (egg noodles, rice, pasta, ramen noodles, it's your choice)

In a casserole dish/baking pan place chicken in pan. I use a 8x8 brownie pan for four pieces of chicken.

In a bowl mix 1 can of Cream of Chicken with 1/2 can of water
Add spices to taste. I usually use Adobo seasoning and Grill Masters Mesquite to taste.

After sauce is mixed pour over chicken. Make sure chicken is covered. If need more sauce whip some up. That's why I use a brownie 8x8 pan. 1 can of sauce covers nicely.

Place in oven for approximately 1/2 hour. After 1/2 hour cut into chicken making sure chicken isn't pink. Once cooked leave in oven and shut off to keep chicken warm while getting pasta ready.

Prepare pasta/rice/noodles accordingly. After pasta is done take chicken out and place over pasta. Pour sauce over and enjoy!

Tip - It's also good with Spinach between the chicken and rice or if you chose some sort of pasta. Sarah personally loves it with the Spinach but it's totally optional.