Wishing for good batteries

Again, poor quality photos due to rechargeable batteries that are new and yet refuse to recharge.
My dear sweet Angel, Sweet Potato came down with me from Augusta for the week. She's been such a darling and since there have been several tragedies among the roommates (including poor Allison losing her grandmother and her dog in only one week!) she's been so helpful in the healing process. I've been wanting to have some friends over for a dinner party for a while and it seemed like the perfect opportunity since the Potato was here to have everybody come and meet her. The picture above shows how she was sitting while i was cooking. She kept peering over the arm of the sofa so she could watch what I was doing from a safe distance and of course from the comfort of the sofa. It's so fun to hear her beating her tail on the sofa every time I walk into the room and to have her snuggle up beside me while I do my homework. I'm feeling very maternal having her around.





Here's set up number one for the 10 people I had over last night.




And set up number two!

Thankfully, others contributed side items like peas, tea, rolls, vanilla ice cream, and peach cobbler! The Cobbler was incredible! It was topped with pecans and I think she said white cake mix, I plan to get the recipe very soon.

So, I know that the number one (or at least it's on the top ten) rule for having people over for a meal is that you should always make a meal you have made before and that you know is delicious and of course, use a recipe.
But, loving food the way that I do, sometimes I dream about recipes I want to create and so I had a dream about what I wanted to make and couldn't bring myself to make anything else until I could eat what I dreamed about!

It turned out great if I do say so myself, so I thought i might share the "recipe" with any readers out there in the blogsphere.

Ingredients
1 box penne noodles
4 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
6 slices of American processed cheese cubed or torn
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups 1% milk
1 6-8 oz container of sour cream
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp garlic and herb Mrs. Dash seasoning
4-5 boneless, skinless chicken breasts


Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Loosely wrap chicken breast in tin foil packets and sprinkle on the garlic and herb seasoning. Bake the chicken for about 30 min (cook time depends on thickness of chicken breasts). Cook penne until al dente in salted boiling water. Drain. Mix together in a large bowl the milk, sour cream, seasonings, eggs, and 1 1/2 cups of the cheddar along with the rest of the cheeses. Lightly grease a large casserole pan and pour the noodles into the bottom. Then pour the cheese and milk mixture over the top of that. Shred the chicken with a fork and then evenly spread it on top of the noodles and poke it down into the noodles. Cover with the remaining cheddar cheese and back for about 30 min in the 350 degree oven (still heated) cover in aluminum foil for the first 20 min of the baking and then remove the foil for the last 10 minutes to melt the cheese well.

What should I name it?