Ingredients:
2 (healthy sized) chicken breasts, cubed
1 squash, sliced (I used 1/2 a cup frozen...thawed completely)
1 large zucchini, sliced
1/2 cup mushrooms (I'm quite fond of portabella, but whatever tickles your fancy)
12oz. veggie spiral pasta (wacky mac, not just for pasta salads!)
1/2 white onion, chopped
pinch of basil & oregano
Sauce:
1 package Italian dressing seasoning (I keep this stuff on hand at all times, along with buttermilk ranch dressing packets. They always come in handy!)
1 clove garlic, minced
8oz cream cheese, softened
1 can cream of chicken soup
Instructions:
Multitasking on the burners here...
In a medium saucepan, on low to medium heat, add ingredients of sauce. Stir occasionally. You'll want to make sure cream cheese is melted and blended in completely.
In a 5 qt saucepan, boil cubed chicken for 10 minutes. You'll want to cook your chicken for slightly longer than pasta and vegetables so that the chicken gets cooked and the pasta doesn't get over cooked. Drain. I stopped measuring here, but add pasta (and water accordingly) & veggies with basil and oregano. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium and continue cooking for 13-15 minutes (stirring occasionally), or until pasta is at desired texture. I like mine soft... borderline overcooked... al dente is not my fave, so it stayed cooking for 15 minutes. Drain excess water.
Combine sauce with pasta in your 5qt saucepan. Mix thoroughly.
Serve with a sprinkle of shredded mozzarella & make sure you have plenty of mouths to feed or you're going to be stuck with a bunch of leftovers (oh darn).
Totally made this last night and it was delish! I added some crushed red pepper and italian seasoning to the sauce, and I think it might possibly be the one little thing you mentioned it missing! This is going on the list of top things to make!
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Really?! Yay! So glad you tried it :) josh comes home next month an I have all these recipes in a huge list on notepad & I really wanted to perfect them by the time he got home, but it looks like he's going to have to continue being my guinea pig. He doesn't seem to mind, though. I'll try it with your suggestions next time :) maybe more chicken too? He's the meat lover and I like more veggies. I don't know, work in progress like everything else, lol.
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