Well, I've never been one to follow a recipe. My meatloaf is NEVER the same twice. My Grandmother was a cafeteria worker. We still have people talk about her cooking. Not that my cooking rates anywhere to hers, but she always came up with her own recipes. So when I whipped up this recipe, I had to sit down and remember how I made it because it was such a hit.
My recipes tend to be on the fast side, with a "semi-homemade" twist.
In efforts to become more "organic" and healthy in my cooking, I have implement a few items to sneak into my recipes. Hope you enjoy.
Chicken and Pasta with Spinach - Yummy! (no really!)
2 Chicken Breasts cut in large cubes
1 Container of Frozen Spinach
1 Container of Fresh Sliced Mushrooms
Onion Powder
Garlic Powder
Salt
1 Jar of Classico Alfredo Sauce with Sun Dried Tomatoes
1 Box of Organic Wheat Penne Pasta
Olive Oil
1. Cook Pasta According to directions on box.
2. Cook Spinach in micro according to directions.
3. Place Olive Oil in Pan with approx 1/2 teaspoon of Onion Powder, and 1/2 Teaspoon of Garlic Powder let this get hot.
4. Place in Chicken Cubes and brown turning only once.
5. Add mushrooms once chicken is cooked, turn up heat and let them brown some with chicken.
6. Add Sauce bring to a boil then reduce heat cook for a few min. stirring occasionally.
7. Place Sauce over pasta.
8. Fold in Spinach.
My kids ate 3 helpings! My husband 3 and then he ate the last of it today for lunch! It's SO delicious!
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SO Healthy Smoothy!
We are always buying bananas and then waiting until they are past their prime to eat. Sometimes we finish them off, and other times, they just sit there staring at me while they are getting more and more brown.
I decided to put them to use even though I might not be eating them right away. It only takes a min to save them. Peel them and wrap in Saran Wrap. Place in freezer. Wait until they are frozen.
Bring out the old blender! Have the kids help.
Pop in a banana, some yogart, and some frozen strawberries (any fruit you have freeze it so it will create the "smoothy" part. You really don't have to measure anything at all. Let the kids make their own and have them pulse the blender and whip it into their creations.
I swear, it gets the kids to eat their fruit!
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Fairy Wands
*We call these Fairy Wands in our family! BUT they have also been substituted for sparklers for the fourth of July etc.
1 Bag of ROD Pretzels
1 Bag of Melting White Chocolate
Melt chocolate in micro according to directions.
Break ROD pretzel in half.
Dip uneven part into chocolate, coating 1/2 of the half of rod well.
Place on Parchement paper.
Before the chocolate melts onto the pretzel, sprinkle with your favorite sprinkle. For our "fairy party", we used pastel colors. This makes a TON of pretzels.
For Fourth of July, we used red, and blue ones.
You can dip these in a variety of toppings as shown below:
We also make these to take out on our boat! We just have to remember to keep them in the cooler so they won't melt.
EVERYONE Loves these!
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