Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Creamy Chicken Pasta with Spinach and Tomatoes
2 cups uncooked penne or ziti pasta
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 10 3/4 ounce can chicken broth
1 8 oz. package cream cheese
1 9 oz. package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
1 t. garlic, chopped
1 t. salt
1/4 t. pepper
15 cherry tomatoes, cut in half, or 1 large tomato, chopped
Boil noodles as directed.
Slice chicken into 1/2" cubes. In skillet, heat half the can of broth and add the chicken until cooked.
Add cream cheese, spinach, remaining broth, garlic, salt, and pepper. Heat for about 3 to 5 minutes until cream cheese is melted.
Add tomatoes and cook 2 to 3 minutes.
Toss pasta with chicken/spinach sauce and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
Note - this recipe turned out really delicious, and it didn't really take me long at all to throw it together! Everyone ate it up too, including my picky husband, my pickier 10-year-old, and all four of the little kids!
Reviews:
Erin
Categories: chicken, pasta, one_dish_meals, kid_friendly
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 10 3/4 ounce can chicken broth
1 8 oz. package cream cheese
1 9 oz. package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
1 t. garlic, chopped
1 t. salt
1/4 t. pepper
15 cherry tomatoes, cut in half, or 1 large tomato, chopped
Boil noodles as directed.
Slice chicken into 1/2" cubes. In skillet, heat half the can of broth and add the chicken until cooked.
Add cream cheese, spinach, remaining broth, garlic, salt, and pepper. Heat for about 3 to 5 minutes until cream cheese is melted.
Add tomatoes and cook 2 to 3 minutes.
Toss pasta with chicken/spinach sauce and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
Note - this recipe turned out really delicious, and it didn't really take me long at all to throw it together! Everyone ate it up too, including my picky husband, my pickier 10-year-old, and all four of the little kids!
Reviews:
Erin
Categories: chicken, pasta, one_dish_meals, kid_friendly
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This looks really good and will probably go on the next bi-weekly menu. So does the nutritional content of the spinach out weigh the fat of the cream cheese? Eh! What do I care, I'm pregnant!
Well, I used lowfat cream cheese, so I don't think the fat content was TOO bad. I guess you could try fat free, but I think fat free tastes kind of bleck. It's good cold on crackers, but not melted in hot foods.
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