CHICKEN PASTA BAKE & BROILED VEGGIES

Servings:4

I  took this recipe from Ms. Giada DiLaurentis!! I watched her make it one night while I was out on vacation [YES, I confess I watch the FoodNetwork even while on vacation!!] and my mouth watered! SO, upon my return I looked up the recipe and found that while it ranked high, the verdict was pretty much  the same throughout “pasta  edible but lacked flavor” I could not believe this! I read the recipe and made a few changes to add flavor to the dish without making it anymore or anyless complicated … the result you ask? Well, why don’t you try it out and tell me how I did!

Ingredients:

 1 cup cooked macaroni -or- any other small pasta shape

 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast cubed

1 small onion diced

2 garlic cloves minced

1lb roma tomatoes

1 cup good quality shredded mozzarella

1/4 cup chopped fresh Italian parsley [flat-leaf not the curly stuff]

1/4 cup seasoned bread crumbs

1/4 cup grated Parmesan

2 tbsp butter

salt + pepper 

olive oil

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CHICKEN CHOW MEIN

Servings: 8

This is a super easy no brainer meal! The recipe came from the back of a seasoning package and with little to no changes and within 30 minutes it was on table and DELICIOUS!

Ingredients:

4 skinless boneless chicken breast

3 carrots

2 celery stalks

1 onion

2 bags of soy bean sprouts

1/3lb of snow peas

4 tbsp. cooking oil

2 packages of SunBird Chow Mein mix

ground ginger

salt + pepper

Garnish: fried noodles

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EZ Lemon Chicken

Servings: 6

Ingredients:

1 whole young chicken [ between 3-5lbs]

1 lemon thinly sliced

1/4 cup good olive oil

poultry seasoning

salt + pepper

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CHICKEN and RICE CASSEROLE

Servings: 6-8 

This recipe delicious casserole recipe is from Simply Recipes, one of my favorite food blogs on the net. I changed a few ingredients around and it was AMAZING! 

Ingredients: 

2 1/2 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts 

2 leeks [sliced, washed and rinsed]

2 garlic cloves, minced

1/2 lb. each of baby portabello and button mushrooms sliced

1/4 cup white wine

1 1/3 cups chicken stock

1/2 cup sour cream

1/4 cup heavy cream

1 cup raw, medium or long grain, white rice

1 tsp. each of italian seasoning and poultry seasoning

1 1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. paprika

olive oil 

salt + pepper

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CREAMY SPAGHETTI DISH

Servings: 8

Ingredients: 

16oz cooked spaghetti

8oz sour cream

1/3 cup heavy cream

1/2 onion, thinly sliced

10 slices of deli ham, thinly sliced 

2 tbsp butter

1 tbsp rosemary, chopped

grated romano cheese 

dried sweet basil 

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