FOOD!

I had some awesome friends come visit me yesterday. So, I decided to make them dinner!

I made Cheesy Green Casserole and Chocolate Strawberry Pie.

To make Cheesy Green Casserole, you need to have:

3 cups of brown rice, uncooked

1 onion

2 cloves of garlic (or more!)

1 bunch of greens (I used spinach and dandelion)

4 oz of Cream Cheese

1/2 cup of Cottage Cheese

3 eggs

1 cup packed shredded cheese

Oil

Splash of lemon juice

Your choice of herbs (I used a little oregano, but really go with what you like. It's a versatile dish)

Step 1: Cook the brown rice. Preheat oven to 350.

Step 2: While the rice is cooking, remove the stems from the greens, wash thoroughly, and chop into teeny tiny pieces.

Step 3: Chop the onion and garlic, cook in oiled pan on the stove. Add the greens, and cook until the greens are wilted, but not dry.

Step 4: Add cream cheese to greens pan, stir until melted.

Step 5: In a separate bowl, mix cottage cheese with eggs.

Step 6: Mix rice with greens and cream cheese in a large mixing bowl, then add the eggs and cottage cheese and mix. Add lemon juice and herbs here as well.

Step 7: Put in 13x9 pan, cover with shredded cheese. Cover with tinfoil, and bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake for an additional 15 minutes.

Serves 6 hungry college students.

As for the pie, you'll need:

1 graham cracker crust

24 oz of cream cheese

1 cup of chocolate chips

Strawberries (the recipe I used called for 4 cups, but I did not use that many. Personal preference)

Step one: Bake the crust for 7 minutes, let cool.

Step 2: Melt chocolate chips, and allow to cool a bit

Step 3: Whip room temperature cream cheese.

Step 4: Whip chocolate into cream cheese until thoroughly mixed. Any cream cheese lumps will make it taste funny.

Step 5: Put cream cheese mix into crust. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.

Step 6: core strawberries, and cut to bite size. Put on top of pie in a pretty design.

Simple, non?