Monday, October 5, 2015

Mom's Magic Dinner

    I'm calling this one Mom's Magic dinner because I whipped it up out of nowhere, with random ingredients, after arriving home later in the evening following a long day of shopping- with kids. 
 
     I have been inspired recently by some of the prepackaged noodle recipes. I don't buy them but the concept is nice. I usually keep a couple of packages of gluten free noodles just for these types of days. So that's where I started. 
Then glancing around I saw a can of chicken and it developed from there!

     I want to point out here that I used yellow squash (like zucchini) for this recipe. Once it's all put together with the yellow shell shaped corn noodles the squash is invisible. My kids didn't notice at all!
      I forgot to snap a pic of this dish, I will be making it again very soon and I will post a picture as soon as I do! 

Recipe:
1lb gluten free shell shaped corn noodles     
        (shape is not really important)
1 12oz can chicken
1 med yellow zucchini squash - diced
1/2 onion - diced 
Small handful parsley minced (or 1Tdried)
1/4 cup sun dried tomatoes
                   (mine are chopped in the jar)
1/2 cup chicken broth
1/4 cup half and half
2T pesto 
Evoo
Parmesan cheese for  (opt.)
1 T.    Montreal Seasoning 
1 T.    21 No salt Seasoning 
                     or Italian Seasoning  

Instructions: 
Peel the squash if you want it invisible.

Sauté the onions and zucchini in Evoo season with Montreal steak and Italian seasoning (or 21 no salt seasoning) 
Boil noodles
Once the zucchini is done add chicken and tomatoes - stir well
Pour in the broth and cream and stir in pesto.
Combine well and serve with a sprinkle of parm
My kids devoured it!

If you like this recipe, or hate it! Let me know! If you have any questions, suggestions or just want to share how this worked for you; let me know in the comments below! Thank you for reading!