What's for Dinner? Pasta with Chicken...

For this recipe, I combined my favorite recipe for alfredo sauce with some fresh spinach. It turned out absolutely wonderfully!

1/4 cup butter

2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, diced

2 garlic cloves, minced

1 cup heavy cream

pinch each: pepper and nutmeg

1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

1 6 oz bag fresh spinach

hot cooked pasta

In a large frying pan, melt butter over medium heat. Add chicken and brown. Stir in garlic, cream, pepper and nutmeg. Simmer til cream thickens. Remove from heat and stir in cheese and spinach, stirring til spinach wilts.

I served the chicken and sauce over cooked spaghetti alongside homemade bread with butter and parmesan.

Comments: 28

J W. Oct 7, 2009, 6:55pm EDT

looks good

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anne ( way 2 crazy of a life ) c. Oct 7, 2009, 7:00pm EDT

that looks really yummy

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Angela <:3---}~~~~ M. Oct 7, 2009, 7:03pm EDT

that looks pretty good

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Sue * Oct 7, 2009, 7:11pm EDT

It looks delicious. I'm having pork chops with apple stuffing, and mashed cauliflower.

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d d. Oct 7, 2009, 7:28pm EDT

yum, I was going to do something like that, but then my roaster took too long to cook, so we ate baked potato first. then moved to the sauteed green beans and then the sauteed broccolini...and finally the chicken was done. oh well. by that time, i didn't feel like eating the chicken. :)

☀ Aunt Shanny Oct 8, 2009, 11:25am EDT

Been there with frozen green beans before. They just never got done!

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brenda c. Oct 7, 2009, 7:32pm EDT

now that's a meal i'd love to taste.

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phil w. Oct 7, 2009, 7:45pm EDT

Absolutely wonderful ! That's exactly what I'd say !

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Priscilla (wishing I was in Costa Rica) ~. Oct 7, 2009, 8:04pm EDT

Yum, that looks tasty!

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April H. Oct 7, 2009, 9:10pm EDT

Looks good!

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Larry H. Oct 7, 2009, 9:30pm EDT

thanks or sharing.

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David W. Oct 7, 2009, 9:31pm EDT

Hmmm, let me see. How many Weight Watcher points is this? Oh heck, if Paula can eat slabs of butter so can I. Yum!

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Cindy B. Oct 7, 2009, 9:31pm EDT

My husband would go nuts for this! =)

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Amanda "middle of nowhere" C. Oct 7, 2009, 9:36pm EDT

Things have been crazy and I've missed the last couple of dinners. This sounds good. I still wish you lived close enough to deliver.

☀ Aunt Shanny Oct 8, 2009, 10:08am EDT

Now that it's getting cold, I wish we lived down there too.

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Nancy R. will view, may comment! Oct 7, 2009, 9:48pm EDT

looks yummy

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lynn a. Oct 8, 2009, 12:31am EDT

Bet I could do this. Your recipe looks doable to me.

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Janet H. Oct 8, 2009, 12:59am EDT

That looks so good! We ate baby back ribs at a restaurant for dinner today.

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Cristina S. Oct 8, 2009, 5:48am EDT

super good!

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Connie C. Oct 8, 2009, 7:56am EDT

It sounds and looks wonderful.

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Alex In Wonderland Oct 8, 2009, 11:01am EDT

I've had a thing for fresh spinach lately. I made some pasta roni the other day when I was feeling lazy and then added some ham and spinach and it made it AWESOME!

This looks GOOD!