So I'm a little behind already! I was looking for an easy recipe to make for company on Saturday night before we went out to see the play Curtians, and I found this one on the Cookinglight.com Web site. It was easy, tasty, and relatively inexpensive to do. The original recipe did not have chicken in it; I added it on a whim. The secret here is to use fresh ingredients--if you used like, canned grated parmesan cheese and the jarred minced garlic, it will taste stale.
Enjoy!
This makes 4 servings. We served it with a simple salad and bread.
2 chicken breasts
Italian Dressing (we used Wishbone Fat Free Italian)
1 box of penne, rotelle, or rigatoni pasta (we used Whole Wheat Penne--real spaghetti prob would not be the best choice)
1 can cannellini beans (white kidney beans), drained
1/2 cup fresh asagio cheese, grated (we subbed fresh Romano and grated it at home, it's cheaper and tasted great! Also didn't measure it...just kinda eyeballed it)
1/2 bag of baby spinach, stems removed, chopped (we used a bag of Publix Baby Spinach)
2 Tbsp olive oil
4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
1/4tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1. Marinate chicken in the Italian dressing, at least 20mins.
2. Set your broiler on High, broil chicken about 6-8 minutes per side (depending on thickness), basting with extra dressing before turning. Cut into bite-sized pieces
3. Cook the pasta according to package directions.
4.Meanwhile, mix the chopped spinach, salt, pepper, and fresh grated cheese in a bowl.
5. In a small pot over low heat, mix the garlic, olive oil, and beans
6. Drain pasta, return to the pot. Add the warm olive oil/garlic/bean mixture, mix well. Add the spinach mixture, toss. Add chicken, toss.
Serve and enjoy!
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This is a great blog Gayle! You are providing
ReplyDeleteinfo on nutrition as well as recipes and that's so important. I'm getting a crockpot
and when I do I'm going to try that chilli.
Looking forward to more posts!
Enjoy your dinner with Craig tonight :-)