Dinner...

I'm not great at sharing recipes around here because so much of my cooking is  'a little of this a sprinkle of that.'

hard to share, ya know?

 

but, I'm going to share this one, which is probably my 5th favorite meal I make. I'm not an awesome cook, but I am capable at blending flavors and coming up with yummy.

 

Creamy Chicken Pasta
{I just made that up since I've never had a name for it ;)}:

 

3 generous cups of cooked and chopped chicken {I use the left overs from baking whole chickens}

 

a box of spaghetti pasta {we like barilla plus, not as healthy as whole wheat, but picky palates here}

 

2 1/2 cups of shredded colby jack cheese. keep the 1/2 cup reserved.

 

a cup or so of homemade 'cream of' soup {just say no to cream of crap in a can! If you don't know how to do this it's easy-peasy.  Just melt 2 Tbsp of butta in a saucepan-if you want to add fresh pressed garlic-yum!, add about 2 Tbsp of flour until combined.  add about a cup of milk, stir, stir, stir over med. heat until thick and bubbly!}

 

2 cups of chicken broth {once again, this should be homemade-found in this post}

1/2 cup sour cream

1 small white onion finely chopped

EITHER a tiny can of green chilies or a 1/2 bell pepper chopped fine.


a sprinkle of cumin

salt & pepper


mix all up in a 9x13.
sprinkle with reserved cheese.
bake @ 350 til melty good{or, about 1/2 hr.}
 this makes enough for my small army plus.


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the only way to make this dinner taste better is to serve with roasted brussel sprouts.
YUM!!!
they have to be one of my favorite foods ever.
they can run a little bitter at times, but if you do a quick steam before roasting it lessens it a bit.
I must tell you a secret.
On two occasions I have made an entire dish of brussel sprouts for dinner and eaten the.whole.entire.thing. before anyone knew.
then I had to rush to add another veggie, and couldn't take a bite of the rest of dinner I was so stuffed.

Roasted Brussel Sprouts:

2lb of brussel sprouts, end removed and sliced in half
a few cloves of garlic roughly chopped
a slice or 2 of bacon, chopped with your kitchen shears into tiny pieces
coarse kosher or sea salt
pepper
evoo

mix all up on a cookie sheet with enough evoo to cover it all and cook at 350 for about 20 min.

enjoy!