What’s a girl to do now?

• True Blood Season Two ended.
• Big Brother 11 ended.
• I’ve read all of my Sookie Stackhouse books.
• I have started two more books and neither of them are holding my interest.
• FH is about to leave for FIVE EFFING WEEKS!  Gah.

Good thing the Fall TV season is upon us!  And that I’m back into a gym rhythm (when my bad shoulder isn’t failing me!).

The quiet day continued into the evening yesterday.  FH was held up at work so I just put together a casserole for Mom and I and puttered around while that cooked.  It was a perfect night for TV watching but of course there was nothing on while I was hoping for the mindless action.

The casserole was a Campbell’s recipe I used to make from time-to-time but haven’t made in ages (since I found out that FH isn’t in love with rice dishes).  I subbed in green beans in place of the zucchini, and cream of mushroom soup (with skim milk) instead of their cooking sauce but otherwise pretty much followed the recipe.

Italiano Chicken & Rice Bake

Oh, I parboiled the rice a bit first because I have found in the past that it is often still crunchy if I just follow the recipe. 

And I opted to use only two chicken breasts cut into bite sized chunks, instead of four whole breasts.  Cooks a little faster and saves a few bucks.  :)

Served with some steamed broccoli for some extra veggie love.

Mom and I spent the evening watching So You Think You Can Dance Canada (it’s getting so hard to guess who is going home now!!) and the Big Brother finale.  Yaaieeeeee for the winner (I won’t spoil it just yet because I hate that!)!

We enjoyed some Cheetos Crunchits and Vanilla Bean Latte cookies while watching.  It seems to me that sometimes that amount of reality TV requires some junk food.  :)