Friday, April 1, 2011

Three-Cheese Chicken Penne Florentine

I'm really trying to add more produce/healthier recipes into my family's diet.  I made this for dinner last night and it was a huge hit.  We loved it! It looked and tasted like something from a restaurant.
I found this recipe on the Cooking Light website.  You can find the recipe here, along with the nutritional information ( 1 serving is under 400 calories!)


Serves 4 (click on the link to see the measurements to serve 8)
Ingredients
  • 1/2  teaspoon  olive oil
  • Cooking spray
  • 1 1/2 cups  thinly sliced mushrooms
  • 1/2  cup  chopped onion
  • 1/2  cup  chopped red bell pepper
  • 1 1/2  cups chopped fresh spinach
  • 1/2  tablespoon oregano
  • 1/8  teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/2  (16-ounce) carton 2% low-fat cottage cheese
  • 2  cups cooked penne (about 1/2 cup uncooked pasta)
  • 1  cups shredded roasted chicken breast
  • 1/2  cup shredded cheddar cheese
  • 1/4  cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1/4  cup reduced-fat milk
  • 1/2  (10 3/4-ounce) can condensed reduced-fat cream of chicken soup, undiluted
Directions
If you haven't already cooked your chicken follow this.....Season chicken (I used 2 very small chicken breasts and it came out to the right amount--1 cup) with salt and pepper.  Cook in a skillet or roast in the oven until juices run clear.  Shred and set aside.


Heat olive oil in a large skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms, onion, and bell pepper; sauté 4 minutes or until tender. Add spinach, oregano, and black pepper; sauté 2-3 minutes or just until spinach wilts.

Place cottage cheese in a food processor & process until very smooth (I used our magic bullet--if you really don't want to you could probably skip this step and be ok) Combine spinach mixture, cottage cheese, cooked pasta, chicken, cheddar cheese, Parmesan cheese, milk, and soup in a large bowl (I also added a little bit of salt--I think it needed it) Spoon mixture into a baking dish coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle top with a little cheddar and Parmesan cheese.
Bake at 425° for 25 minutes or until lightly browned and bubbly.

I served this with roasted asparagus, which also cooks at 425 degrees--perfect!

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