[speaker002:] okay what kind of foods would you have
[speaker001:] okay um well I like to cook um but I don't like getting too awfully fancy about it just because um
[speaker002:] oh I do too hum-um
[speaker001:] uh it's too much pressure you know if I have people over for dinner I like it to be nice but relaxed yeah
[speaker002:] uh-huh well yeah you can't enjoy it right
[speaker001:] and so I don't like to arrive or or when they arrive for me to be completely worn out so
[speaker002:] that's that's what I like doing things like making lasagna just because I can have it ready and baking in the oven it's everybody just
[speaker001:] yeah exactly
[speaker002:] says how wonderful it is and it's it's like uh yes uh I that's one of those things that I got famous for in college people would come and say could you would you come over and make lasagna for me it's like well I can't really give you a recipe um I can
[speaker001:] uh-huh yeah uh-huh uh-huh you just do it
[speaker002:] I can just do it so it's I like doing that kind of stuff and it's it's fun because in fact that's what we had for a Christmas party last week
[speaker001:] uh-huh yeah uh-huh
[speaker002:] we just had a bunch of people over and we had we did lasagna and garlic bread and ah yummy
[speaker001:] um boy I like that
[speaker002:] uh I do too in fact
[speaker001:] yeah well I'm planning a and naturally this is appropriate because I'm planning dinner for um people tomorrow night and the next night hm on Tuesday night there'll be eight people here altogether so
[speaker002:] oh oh good uh I'd say one thing we've done have done quite a bit through the holidays just because it's a real easy is just baked potato dinners
[speaker001:] oh yeah uh-huh
[speaker002:] and have you like three or four couples come over and I'll do the potatoes and you know like butter and cheese and stuff and have everybody else just bring a couple of toppings whatever they like
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and it turns out great because I mean you've got like hot sauce and taco meat and barbecue and you know bacon and all that good stuff
[speaker001:] yeah that's fun uh-huh
[speaker002:] but it's it's inexpensive plus it's real easy on the hostess because you can just have the potatoes ready and just have a salad with it and you got a great dinner
[speaker001:] yeah yeah that's a good idea
[speaker002:] it's it's real easy I like doing that part ah I'm in favor of very little clean up um very little planning because we've got three or four couples that we get together with to play games and
[speaker001:] yeah uh-huh uh-huh yeah uh-huh
[speaker002:] it's we invariably end up at my house since I've got two kids and that it's it's fine because then I can just say okay fine you bring this you bring this you bring this we're done oh it's pretty cool
[speaker001:] uh-huh yeah yeah that's good well one of my favorites if I don't wanna have other people bring stuff I just wanna treat them is to make chicken and rice it's it's very easy to
[speaker002:] uh-huh oh oh
[speaker001:] you don't like it oh you do okay yeah I have a really easy recipe for that where you just brown the chicken and then you
[speaker002:] oh I love it hm
[speaker001:] put rice in the bottom of the pan you pour bouillon or chicken broth over it and or you put the chicken in then pour the uh broth over and you can put mushrooms in if you want and then just
[speaker002:] oh over the uncooked rice
[speaker001:] yeah over uncooked rice and you can either microwave it or do it in the oven and it just it fluffs up and it's really moist and
[speaker002:] oh oh how neat huh now I've done it with where you put you cook the rice well I guess you probably could do it some way but cook the rice and then take a can of like cream of mushroom soup or cream of chicken soup and put a bit of white wine in it
[speaker001:] um-hum uh-huh ooh yeah
[speaker002:] and every once in a while I'll put in white I'll slice white grapes and I'll put it in there and that's because I'm not a real big wine person but I like it it it adds something to the chicken and then just bake it and it makes a wonderful sauce over the rice
[speaker001:] uh-huh yeah hm well I'll keep that one in mind too yeah
[speaker002:] yeah it's it that was one of the first things I made for my husband because it's like hm yeah I could actually find something I could cook real easy that would be kind of sort of elegant kind of
[speaker001:] yeah uh-huh yeah you can get away with it and you know in having a semi nice dinner or you know semi formal but
[speaker002:] oh yeah but then I didn't I hadn't thought about doing it with uncooked rice so just like in a thirteen by nine pan
[speaker001:] yeah yeah you put in um let's see what was it three quarters of cup of rice or
[speaker002:] hm hm
[speaker001:] it depends on you can really vary it but you have to put the water in proportionally I can't remember I think it was three quarters cup rice to two cups water two cups um broth
[speaker002:] uh-huh huh yeah yeah it's I I use that for breakfast for rice and for when I cook pasta or something I'll I'll put a little bit of bouillon in there just to give it a little extra flavor
[speaker001:] and yeah that's flavor um-hum
[speaker002:] hm now that would be good how long do you have to bake it
[speaker001:] yeah uh-huh um let's see I think it was an hour I've done it in the microwave so often lately because it's it's really easy yeah
[speaker002:] I do I do microwave too a lot it's
[speaker001:] but I think it's about an hour or maybe it's only half hour hm um
[speaker002:] how long would it be in the microwave how long would it be in the microwave
[speaker001:] you just until the rice looks fluffy and and not overdone you know before it gets overdone
[speaker002:] oh okay okay do you just brown the chicken to get it colored or do you go ahead and let it cook through
[speaker001:] yeah yeah um I'd let it cook just a little bit just so that the cooking goes a little faster but
[speaker002:] okay hm oh this is a beneficial call I like this yeah but that one's an easy one it's like just put in a friend of mine makes it where she goes ahead and seasons up the with the soup and the wine put in garlic and onion powder
[speaker001:] yeah well I liked it your idea too there uh-huh yeah
[speaker002:] or chopped onions if you wanna do that you know whatever whatever you however much effort you feel like putting into it but it it makes a great I mean my I've got a two year old and a four year old and they love it
[speaker001:] uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker002:] and because because my daughter calls it her gravy and I mean she thinks it's wonderful I'm like good you're a picky eater if I can get you to eat