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Waiting for June
Lifestyle and Daily Shenanigans with a dash of Nerd Appreciation thrown in.
Arbor Mist: Mixed Berry Pinot Noir, Sangria Zinfandel, and Peach Chardonnay ; Bartles & Jaymes: Fuzzy Navel


On Monday evening, my mum and I made our way to our fancy local Walmart and picked up some groceries. Of course since it was New Years Eve, my mum decided to lovely and indulge in picking up some alcohol. We both prefer the taste of Arbor Mist (and I would have preferred homemade wine) and I like anything that's sweet, so we picked up a couple bottles of Arbor Mist and B&J's Malt Coolers in Fuzzy Navel to appeal to both of our tastes. Obviously, I kept the Fuzzy Navels for myself and I couldn't wait until we got home before I pulled out a bottle. So I had one on the way home. It's delicious, seriously. Ugh, so good.

Anyway, I went to Walmart with the intentions of picking up some stuff so that I could cook on Tuesday. I knew I definitely wanted to make a pasta dish, so I definitely went with that in mind. Me being me, I always seem to get distracted when I'm picking up groceries because I'm never quite sure what I want to make fully. While I ended up picking up some Wel-Pac Chow Mein Stir Fry Noodles, I also ended up picking up some a block of melting cheese, Chicken Stock, Seafood Flavour Booster, Soy Sauce (I like using it my ramen) and a bottle of Teriyaki stir-fry sauce.

By the time Tuesday rolled around, I genuinely did not what the heck I was going to make as I sat there staring all the things I had bought. What the hell can I make with Cheese, Soy Sauce, and Teriyaki Sauce and actually make it taste somewhat decent? Nothing. Nothing at all. But I assure you...I was wrong.

So to ring in the New Year right, I bring you a recipe. For now, I think I'll call it Accidental Pasta With A Chicken & Cheese Sauce...which is really what it is. Keep reading to get the recipe and all that good stuff.


Before I start this, I want to make sure that you all remember to read the ingredients on the things you use and/or pick up. This is especially important if you are allergic to anything, nothing sucks more than having an allergic reaction while eating (trust me, it's happened to me in the past). So I advise you to always, always, always look at what and what's in the things you buy...it could save you a trip to the hospital and in some hardcore cases, death.

Now, that we've got all the serious stuff out of the way, let's get down to business. Here's what we'll be making today.

Accidental Pasta With A Chicken & Cheese Sauce.
Trust me, I know how unappetizing this looks from the image but, I assure you...if you love pasta, chicken, and the subtle, yet obvious taste of cheese in a sauce, you're going to love this. Also, please remember that I was in the mindset of creating something aesthetically pleasing. I wasn't quite sure that I was even going  make this come out well at all...but things tend to work in my favour like that.

Ingredients: La Choy Lite Soy Sauce, Swason's Cooking Stock in Chicken, La Choy Stir Fry Teriyaki Sauce, Swason's Flavour Boost In Seafood, Wel-Pac Chow Mein Stir Fry Noddles, Boneless Chicken.
As you can see above, those are the main ingredients in this recipe. However, I ended up using more than what's shown at the last minute and didn't get to get a picture. So here's the full list of ingredients:

1 Packet of Swason's Flavour Boost in Seafood 
½ cup of Swason's Cooking Stock in Chicken
La Choy Lite Soy Sauce
La Choy Stir Fry Teriyaki Sauce
Wel-Pac Chow Mein Stir Fry Noodles
1 mug full of milk
Blocked Cheese (preferably in Cheddar)
½ c. - 1c. of flour
1 stick of butter
1 spoonful of vegetable oil
Spices (optional)

What you need is completely up to you. Of course, you'll need a frying pan, a saucepan, a chopping board, tupperware containers (or a few bowls), a couple knives and spoons and a whisk, but the whisk is optional. However, what size of these things you use is completely up to you and how much you're cooking. If you're cooking for yourself, go smaller. If not, medium or large size utensils are your best bet. Obviously. I should say this though, you will need a bowl or something to hold your pasta in. If you're using the Stir Fry Noodles I did, you'll need a large bowl. These noodles are no joke.

Directions time. Normally, I get a bit wordy at this point, but this time I'll try not be so. Important note:  Before you even begin, make sure your cooking area is completely clean. This helps avoid cross-contamination. Also make sure that your hands are washed. Warm water (always!) and soap, please!







1.Set aside all your ingredients save for your chicken. How much chicken you use is strictly based on personal preferences. I prefer using minimal chicken because I'm a not a big meat person, so I only used one and a half pieces of chicken.

2. One at a time, cut the pieces of chicken into cubes. Again, this is based on personal preferences. I cubed the chicken in a size I thought was decent for my liking, you do the same.

3. Now that your chicken is cubed, go wash your hands again. It's important to wash your hands after handling meats and their packaging to avoid contamination. So go wash your hands.

4. Now that your hands are all washed and squeaky clean, grab your stick of butter and cut out 1½ tablespoons. Slice the butter in thirds and place amongst the chicken.

5. Since you've probably touched your poultry again, go wash those hands again. After you've washed your hands, it's time to set up your frying pan to fry down the chicken. Using a spoon as a measuring guide, pour your vegetable oil out until it's an amount you feel comfortable with.

6. Turning your stove to medium, let the oil settle a bit and heat up before adding your chicken to the pan. While your poultry is cooking, set up your pot to boil the water for your noodles. Follow the directions on the back of the noodles' packaging. If you follow those directions, you can make about a pack and ½ with the pot being full. Don't forget to check your chicken consistently.

7. While your water boils, set up the things you need for your sauce. In a medium saucepan bring together your mug full of milk, ½ tablespoon of butter, and a few drips of soy sauce and then set aside. By this time, your chicken should be nearing completion or completed and your noodles should be completed.

8. I recommend you strain your noodles first to allow your chicken that extra couple of minutes to make sure it's cooked. When straining your noodles, save a bit of the water in a tupperware container and cover it to keep it warm. There's something interesting about adding the water from your cooked noodles to sauces...gives it a bit of a mixed taste, which I love. Put your strained noodles in a bowl, I recommend adding a bit of cold water to it to stop the cooking process to stop overcooking and then placing it a microwave to remain warm.

9. Once your done with your noodles, head back over and check your chicken. At this point, your chicken should most definitely be done. You're not going to for the chicken to be browned, just cooked. Once, you're sure it's cooked, move the frying pan away from the burner and cover it to keep it simmering slightly and warmed. Bring the saucepan with the milk, soy sauce and butter to the burner and let it come to a boil.

10. While your mixture is slowly coming to a boil, cut out some cheese. I don't recommend a huge chunk, but again, personal preferences (this is mine). Once you have your cheese cut from the block, begin cutting your chunk in medium sized, rectangular shapes. You want them small, but not too small. When the cheese is cut and them to the saucepan. Allow the cheese to melt a bit and soften before using a spoon or a whisk (I used a whisk) to mix the sauce together and break down the cheese completely.

11. When the cheese is broken down some more, let it melt out and mix with the milk, soy sauce, and butter fully while you grab your flour, the leftover water from the noodles, and your Teriyaki sauce. Now, here's were preferences are a big thing. I recommend you start out adding two tablespoons of Teriyaki sauce, taste it, and then add accordingly. Once you've added your Teriyaki sauce, add in your water. Now, I wouldn't recommend adding all the water. I would save some for later usage. Finally, depending on how thick you like your sauces, your flour should follow. ½ a cup of flour will thicken the sauce considerably, but not too much. If you really want it thick, measure out a full cup.

12. Before you add in the flour, grab your whisk or spoon again and stir in the flour as your pouring it. This avoids over clumping in sauces and is a definite must. Clumping is not fun, at all. Once you have all your flour in the mix and mixed in as much as you can mix it, take your saucepan off the burner and strain it into a bowl. We're straining the sauce to get rid of the smaller clumps of flour in the mix. Once your sauce is mixed and it's smooth, give your sauce pan a quick run under water. Again, we want to get rid of the clumps of flour. Once the flour/sauce residue is gone, pour your sauce back into the saucepan and bring it back to the burner.

13. Add your chicken to the sauce and stir it in so all the pieces of chicken have a nice coating of the sauce before turning the heat down to a low-medium heat. Allow your sauce to cook slowly, stirring occasionally and making sure it doesn't get too thick for you. If the sauce does start to thicken a bit too much for you, stir in a bit more milk or plain water. Adding milk or water will add wetness to the sauce and thin it out.

14. Once your sauce is finished, take it off the burner or turn the heat down to the lowest setting so that you can keep it warm. You can choose to add your spices now or wait until you've plated and add them spices on top.

15. When plating, it is recommended that you place your noodles down first, then spoon your sauce over it as graciously as you wish rather than mixing the sauce and noodles together. This prevents the sauce from getting too clumpy, prevents the noodles from being broken up, and gives people the opportunity to choose how much or how little sauce they want.

16. Enjoy. (:



I tried not to ramble too much, I don't think I succeeded much. I do hope everything was understandable and again, it might not be aesthetically pleasing to most, but it's lovely tasting. I refuse to list how many servings it makes because it genuinely depends on how much you can eat and how much the people you're cooking for eats. The noodles are aplenty even when you're only using a package and a half (and trust me they are small packages...I was terribly confused). The sauce is definitely thick and the thicker the sauce, the heartier it becomes and the quicker you become full. So it can serve 4, but it could also serve 8 or 10 or even 2 in the same breathe.

I ordered some lens from Kiwiberry. Initially, I only ordered 4 but then I gave into temptation bought another 4 or 5. They were having a 50% off all contacts sale that ended on the 31st of December. Can you blame me? When the first batch arrives, I'll review them slowly and one by one. Before any are reviewed, a review of Kiwiberry overall will be posted as a lead in post. I want to say this will be over the course of the next week or so, but I've not the slightest idea where my lens are and I didn't want to track them because I can be a bit impatient at times. So when they come, it'll be a surprise for me. Also, reviews of the comic book Kick-Ass will be posted as well and a couple mini reviews of albums I've been jamming to lately. So, this blog is really gonna start to pick up in the next couple weeks. So stick around and/or keep checking back, yeah?

Until next time! ♥

yasuhiro
lullatoned.

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