Cheesy Chicken and Homemade Rice a Roni

I made this for dinner tonight and everyone really loved it, so I'm posting it here before I forget what I did.  (That happens sometimes.)  And like all of my recipes lately, this makes a lot of food and everything is an approximation.

Cheesy Chicken:

About four pounds boneless skinless chicken breast
One large bag fresh baby spinach
2 containers fresh chopped mushrooms
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 brick low fat cream cheese, room temperature or soft (At my house, room temperature will make it soft.)
1 jar alfredo sauce
1/2 pound bacon
About one cup shredded cheese.  (I used some co-jack and some mozarella)
Jane's season salt

As you can tell by the ingredients list, this is not low fat.  You can help it out by using low fat cream of chicken soup if you like.... or you can just make it like it is and enjoy  :)

Crisp the bacon in a frying pan, reserving the grease
Cut bacon into large crumbles, set to the side
Brown the chicken on both sides in the bacon grease, season lightly with salt

In a large casserole dish (9 by 11) layer:
Bag of spinach
Mushrooms on top of spinach
Chicken Breast
*In a bowl, combine soup, cream cheese and alfredo sauce.  Mix thoroughly, warming in the microwave for a few seconds if needed to soften
Pour this mixture over the top of the chicken
Sprinkle the bacon over the soup mixture
Top with the shredded cheese
Set the oven at 400 degrees.  Cover your dish with foil and bake for about 50 minutes, then remove the foil and  bake about 20 more minutes to help it thicken

You don't want to overcook your chicken so make sure you check it.  I had large thick pieces of chicken to bake, so it may not take yours as long to bake.

Homemade Rice a Roni:  (In the Rice Cooker)

One and a half cups rice
One cup broken (in small pieces) either angel hair pasta or spaghetti
*Brown these both together in a combo of two tbsp. olive oil and 2 tbsp. butter in a fry pan
Finely chop 1/2 medium yellow onion
1-2 tbsp. dried parsley

Add 3-4 tsp. chicken boullion to 5 cups hot water(depends on how seasoned you want your rice)
Pour water/boullion mix into your rice cooker
Add your browned rice/noodle mix, onion and parsley
Press cook  :)

This turned out so yummy.  Dara, you'd like it with 1 1/4 cup rice, I think that would make the texture more "Dara Friendly"

Love you all and I hope you enjoy it!