Oh, so do I need to add some parmesan or something to bind it?

I'm sauteeing the mushrooms, shallots, and chicken in a bit of olive oil. Since everything is cooked, I should only have to bake for maybe twenty minutes, I'm thinking?

Chicken breast was on sale, I got a big pack of six for 13 bucks, and I figure the total cost of my casserole is 5 bucks and it'll be good for about three meals, if not more, if I don't share with my neighbor. I also got a bag of salad for two bucks, and i have tomato and feta in the fridge.

So, um, not the healthiest of meals, but cheap and good for a few dinners and/or lunch.

Oh, so do I need to add some parmesan or something to bind it?

Nah, I meant that the cream soup will do the job -- basically, it has to be a liquid/sauce so that it'll mix with everything in a way that dry ingredients just never do, and have some kind of protein in it (the cream in a cream soup will work, but cheese or eggs are the other classics) to make it set up when cooked.

That said, I've rarely met a savory food that wasn't improved by a little parmesan.

I think you have an excellent and tasty plan.

do we think the elephant can actually paint, aka recreate its surroundings, or that it's learned a trick, like putting a hat on a human?

I hope it's a trick. Just because I'm not ready to share space with too much sentience. I think it's between elephants and octopodes, and at least the octopodes are in the water.

If the noodles are already cooked, you probably won't need extra water. The soup should hold it together.

Okey! Casserole in the oven, dinner will be ready in twenty, and then I can have my pain medication. Rock.

That sounds delish, Allyson.

You should come over for dinner, Jesse!

I rented 30 Days of Night, took a hot bath, tidied up as best I could without hurting myself, took a conference call for work, and think it's PJ time.

Curl up with some dinner, a bad scary movie, and rest up so I can see about going into work tomorrow to try and salvage my week.

Oy.

One time I was making a spinach lasagne and forgot to boil the flat noodles. I just put them in like usual and the lasagne came out perfect. I guess the water from the spinach and ricotta was enough to cook the noodles? Ever since, I've not boiled noodles for lasagne.

I had my own yummy dinner -- buffalo chicken bits with celery and broccoli on the site.

I am seriously ready for bed now.

Just because I'm not ready to share space with too much sentience.

Don't read the cover article on animal intelligence in the latest National Geographic, then.

My puppy and my DH are both curled up on the living room floor, asleep.