Awesome curry and a recipe for tomorrow...

Tonight's dinner was awesome.  I used uncooked chicken so I cut it into 1" cubes and sauted it in a bit of oil before working with the onions and celery.  I packed up 3 bonus dinners for later and served the rest.  It was just the two of us for dinner so I put aside the leftovers for Miss M to have for lunch tomorrow.

I will be doing a cooking swap since we are going to our friend's house for dinner on Wednesday.  Tuesday's dinner will be lunch either Tuesday or Wednesday.  It's the Turkish Pilaf.  I'm inclined to have it for lunch tomorrow as that will make more room in the freezer for my bonus dinners. 

The Recipe for tomorrow comes from the interwebs.  Cheesy Ground Beef Casserole is a recipe that gets made 3 ways:  Quick, Semi Homemade or From Scratch.  I'm going to do from Scratch and will sub celery for the mushrooms since DH doesn't like them. Also for the sliced cheese, I'll use shredded since it's what I have.

Cheesy Ground Beef Casserole
3 T. unsalted butter
1/4 c. minced onion
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 c. minced white button mushrooms celery
3 T. flour
1/2 c. cream
1/2 c. chicken broth
1/4 t. freshly ground black pepper
salt to taste
2 c. water
1/2 - 1 lb. ground beef
1 c. carrots, sliced
Cheddar or Colby Jack Cheese, sliced-9 slices
1 c. long grain white rice

Preheat the oven to 350.  Spray an 8 x 9" baking dish with non stick spray.  In a medium pan over medium heat, add the butter and melt.  Whisk in the onion, garlic and mushrooms celery.  Add the flour, whisking constantly and cook for 30-60 seconds.  Add the cream and broth slowly and cook until thick.  Season and remove from the heat.  Place the cream mixture, rice, water, beef and carrots into the dish and stir to combine.  Bake for 90 minutes, add the cheese and bake for 5 minutes or until melted.  Serves 4-6.