Creamy Zucchini Casserole

I’ve decided to continue in my quest to find things to make with zucchini. Last night I made this zucchini casserole for dinner. It was quite good, and really easy. I forgot to take a picture, but everyone knows what a casserole looks like, right? I got this recipe from the Good Housekeeping website.

Ingredients

• margarine or butter
• 1 small onion, diced
• 3 medium (about 10 ounces each) zucchini, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
• 2 medium carrots, peeled and shredded
• 1 can(s) (10 3/4 ounces) cream of chicken soup
• 1/2 cup(s) sour cream
• 1 bag(s) (8 ounces) herb-seasoned stuffing mix, coarsely crushed

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 13" by 9" glass baking dish.
2. In 12-inch skillet, melt margarine or butter over medium heat. Add onion and cook until tender but not browned, about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add zucchini and carrots and cook until zucchini is tender, about 8 minutes.
3. Remove skillet from heat; stir in undiluted cream of chicken soup and sour cream until evenly mixed.
4. Sprinkle half of stuffing mix in baking dish. Spoon zucchini mixture on top, then remaining stuffing mix. Bake 25 to 30 minutes until hot and bubbly.

I did make a few changes. Instead of a 13 by 9 dish I used an 8 by 8, but I still used the same amount of everything else. So I think if you use a 13 by 9 it just means your casserole won’t be filled all the way to the top (mine was pretty full). I also sprinkled some parmesan cheese on the top just because a casserole doesn’t seem finished without cheese. =)

"The preservers of history are as heroic as its makers." ~Pat M. Neff

 

So I’ve been having a hard time remembering (or having the time to) update my blog. Which is unfortunate since this summer I am actually doing cool things to update about!

Now for a little backtracking . . . they’ve been telling us since we got here that our building is the building for animals. There is an alligator that lives in the river, skunks, and snakes that get into the building. Luckily, I haven’t seen any of that. Last week I finally saw my first animal (well, first 5)!

 

Look at what were waiting for me when I got to work! The cute babies were prancing around for quite a while so I was a little late going in that day . . .

In other news, last week we had a little break from our usual routines and went to work at the UHCL Archives. They work in conjunction with Space Center archives, so we got to help out with some projects there. My project for the week was working with photos from the Space New Roundup, which is the center’s official newspaper. It was quite hilarious to see the outfits that the women (and men)  were wearing in the 60’s and 70’s.

Here I am showing off the 25 hollinger boxes I got through. Basically I was checking for any preservation problems and looking for original artwork to be removed (from the comics in the paper).

We also got to go take a tour of the photo lab and go into the 0 degree vault where they keep all the film that has been on the moon. In case anyone is wondering about any picture doctoring that might be done at NASA, there isn’t any!They are not allowed to retouch ANYTHING just for fear that people will accuse them of adding things or something like that. Even film that got “moon dust” in it they were not allowed to doctor out the specs of dust that appeared when the film was developed.

Well, that’s it for now! 10 weeks goes by fast! I have only 2 weeks left after this week!

Fourth of July Strawberries!

So this isn't really a recipe, because this is too easy for a recipe, but these were the DELICIOUS strawberries I made for the 4th. Just melt white chocolate, dip them in, and sprinkle some blue sugar sprinkles on the outside.

White chocolate tastes so much better with strawberries! Like strawberries and cream or something. I never knew!

"What do you say? Want to break into a bank?" ~ Neil Caffrey

I love USA Network. I mean, I loved it before when Monk came around, but I love it even more now. It's very unfortunate that I don't have that channel. Luckily, a genius invented Hulu, so I can watch new episode any time I want.

Which reminds me that I forgot to mention why I love USA.

Have you seen the new show White Collar? Well, not too new since it's in its second season (started yesterday). It's so great. Everyone should watch it.

In other exciting news (well, not in my own life, just in general), 王力宏 released a new single! WHICH, I think means that when his new movie's album comes out there will be new music by him on it! (I assume since he's playing a famous musician in the movie, he must sing some).