Tuesday, October 30, 2012

King Ranch Chicken





Looks delicious, no?  It was!  Much melty cheeses.  Don't understand why Ranch is in the title, as it is not present in the actual dish.  It is, however, just a little spicy.  I would say it is something someone with a  sensitive palette could handle.  Mine turned out a little soupy, so I would try perhaps half of the cans of soup.  It also came out a little brown at the top, as you can see, but that's just because my stove is a higher watt than the recipe probably expects.  Here's the recipe if you'd like to give it a whirl:

3 large chicken breasts, cooked
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 onion, chopped (or minced)
1 can Rotel tomatoes (mine had chiles in it)
1 jar Cheez Wiz (8 oz.)
Dash of Tobasco
Dash of Worcestershire
salt and pepper
Crushed tortilla chips
8 oz. Cheddar
4 oz. Mozzarella

Dice the cooked chicken breasts.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  In a saucepan over medium heat, mix the soups, onion, tomatoes, Cheez Wiz, Tobasco, and Worcestershire until blended.  Add salt and pepper to taste.  Line the bottom of a casserole dish with crushed tortilla chips.  Place the chicken on top and pour over half of the mixture.  Add a layer of half the Cheddar.  Repeat the process, topping with Cheddar and Mozzarella.  Bake for 35-45 minutes, until bubbly.


Friday, October 19, 2012

50 Shades of Grey and Hotel Transylvania Review

More like a ton of pages of not-so-greatly-written crap.  It seems like the words she uses are a distraction from the fact that this book is meant for adults, but written like it's for teenagers.  I'm honestly waiting for the part where they get into the kinky.  If there weren't so much hype behind this so called "novel", I would have lost interest a long time ago.  And I can't help but notice how many references there are to Twilight.  All in all, I'm really disappointed.  Not sure if I'm going to buy the next two, all depends on how the ending is.  For some reason, I'm still intrigued, and I think it's only because I'm trying to figure out why everyone thinks it's so amazing...and they're going to make a movie out of this?  I hope it's more entertaining...

On the other hand, Hotel Transylvania was great!  I went in expecting it to be sub-par, but it was actually really funny.  The only complaints I have is that the main story line has been slightly over used and the animation looked kind of cheap (which is probably the reason why I didn't think it would be that good).  The characters were fun and the love the father had for his daughter, though overprotective, was adorable.  Great family movie!