Wild Rice & Chicken Casserole

A pretty easy dish to put together & yummy, too!!

WILD RICE & CHICKEN CASSEROLE

1 box Uncle Ben's Long Grain & Wild Rice

1 - cream of mushroom soup

2 C. cooked chicken, diced

1 1/2 C/ frozen mixed vegetables

1/2 C. milk

1 T. butter

1/2 onion, diced

1/2 stalk celery, diced

dashes of salt & pepper

5 slices Swiss Cheese

Cook box of rice according to the directions on the box.  In a separate pan, melt the butter and saute the onion & celery until softened.  In a bowl, put the cooked rice into it -- then add cream of mushroom soup, vegetables, chicken, milk, onion & celery, and salt/pepper.  Mix.  Put into casserole dish that has been sprayed with cooking spray.  Top with the cheese slices.  Cover with foil and bake at 300 degrees for about 45 minutes.  

See -- so easy!!!

Rice being cooked --

Onions  & celery being sauteed --

Ingredients mixed in a bowl --

Placed in the casserole dish --

Swiss cheese slices on top --

Ready to eat --

Now, Lucy is not a very affectionate cat at all.  But, somehow Lucy & Mr. Cardigan seemed to have bonded over that lazy boy!!!  I would give anything for her to sit on my lap and let me pet her!!  And, this doesn't happen often either so I was lucky to get this photo!

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