Blue Cheese -n- Rice Bake

For me, this is one of the yummiest dishes! I don't know if it is the internal need for more comfort food, but every bite was soft, moist and high in taste value! So, it is not just for comfort.....but for year around tastiness!
I don't really ever make the same thing twice, so the next time I make this I will tweek it a bit. But, no too much!
Blue cheese is an acquired taste. And it mix well with some things, but not with others. This dish, the blue cheese was mixed beautifully well with the other ingredients!

• 8-10 celery (sauteed)
• 1/4-1/2 cup of minced onions (Sauteed, if fresh.)
• 3-4 tomatoes (your choice)
• 3 tsp parsley
• 1-2 tsp pepper
• 2 garlic cloves (mine was baked) (or 1-2 tsp of minced or dry minced, or ground)
• hot sauce - I used Franks
• 1 pkg of blue cheese
• 1/4-1/2 cup blue cheese dressing
• garlic oil (or olive oil) - some for saute, some to put into mix, little to drizzle on top
• 1-1.5 cup cooked long grain rice (cooked in vegetable bouillon!!)
• cooking spray

Topping

• cracker crumbled ( I used about 8-10)
• garlic oil drizzle
• hot sauce drizzle
• blue cheese dressing drizzle

Add each ingredient one by one in a bowl- mix after each ingredient.  Spray dish pan and add mix. Cover and bake at 450 for 15 minutes. Uncover and bake for another 15 minutes. Take out and add toppings. Bake for the last 10ish miniutes. Let sit for a bit. Then, serve it up!!

Option!....... Just bake the mix without rice and use as a dip- or add on top of rice later.