Last night for dinner, Samantha and I made a healthy and light Alfredo!. This recipe made so much, you could feed a giant family. We love leftovers, so that’s OK. Today we ate it cold in a whole wheat wrap with lettuce, cucumber and hummus. I’d like to try this recipe next time with spaghetti squash.
Ingredients: *2 1/2 boneless, skinless chicken breast, *10 cups frozen broccoli, *16 ounces light Alfredo sauce, *4 ounces light cream cheese, *1/2 cup shredded Colby Jack Cheese, *1 box whole wheat penne pasta noodles. Parmesan, salt, & pepper to taste.
Boil your noodles and your broccoli. Add the noodles to a large skillet. While the broccoli and noodles are baking, chop up the chicken and bake it in the oven on 350 for about 20 minutes or until done. You can season it any way you’d like. I added a lemon garlic marinade.
Turn the heat on medium and add the sauce to the noodles.
Strain and stir in the broccoli.
I like a thick Alfredo, so I added a couple more ingredients to give it a thickness. You don’t have to add the extra cheeses, but it’s delicious.
Add the cream cheese and colby jack cheese and let it melt into the noodles and broccoli.
Turn the heat to low and let the sauce thicken.
Add the cooked chicken!
Mix well and serve!
I added salt, pepper, and parmesan to the top!
This recipe makes 25 servings! (1 3/4 cups per serving)
looks super yummy! too bad i’m lactose intolerant haha 🙁
Have you ever tried cauliflower Alfredo sauce? I’ve made it a few times and it’s really delicious. Helps me sneak a little bit more veggies in. I’ve used it for spaghetti squash Alfredo and it was so yummy!
25 servings? Yea ok that is such a normal persons dinner portion.
That is the biggest skillet I have ever seen! Looks yummy!
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25 servings or 5??? 🙂
Looks yummy! Also, can you enable a printable feature on your blog posts sometime when you update next? Love the pictures but way too much to print so I had to copy/paste to print the text only.
Love the blog!
I made this tonight and loved it! Super yummy and i have plenty of leftovers for the week. Thanks for the recipe!