Monday, April 13, 2009

Chicken and spinach penne


Spending time on a thesis is not very conducive to cooking or blogging! So I haven't created anything worth blogging about as I've mostly been eating frozen dinners (which are never big enough) with frozen vegetables. But tonight I made a pretty tasty meal using frozen spinach, left over roast chicken and whatever I could find in the fridge. And since I haven't done much work on my thesis this weekend, choosing instead to spend some time with me, I thought, what the hey, it's time for a new post, the first for 2009. Yay!

So here goes...

Serves 1.5

Penne pasta
Leftover roast chicken from Woolworths
2 blocks of Coles frozen spinach
1 teaspoon garlic
2 tablespoons butter
3/4 cup soy milk
2 handfuls of parmesan cheese
Salt and freshly ground pepper

1. In a saucepan, boil water and cook the penne as per the instructions on the packet
2. While the pasta is cooking, thinly slice the chicken
3. In a microwave safe dish, cook the spinach as per the instructions on the packet, approx 3 minutes
4. When the pasta is nearly al dente, prepare the chicken and spinach
5. In another saucepan, melt the butter
6. Add garlic and lightly fry
7. Add the spinach and mix well with the garlic and butter
8. Season with salt and pepper
9. Add the chicken and mix well
10. Add the soy milk and simmer until slightly reduced
11. Add the al dente penne and mix well
12. Season with salt and pepper
13. Turn off the heat and add the parmesan and mix well
14. Ready to eat!

PS I think mushroom would be nice in this too. I'd slice 2 mushrooms thinly and add it to the pot with the spinach so that it can soak up the yummy garlic and butter.