Chicken Alfredo Dinner

Chicken alfredo served on one of the kids IKEA plates.

To help out from time to time I will prepare a meal for our family. It is a job I should take on more often but then we'd be eating chicken and rice all the time.

I decided to make a simple pasta dish for the four of us as my most recent contribution.

Ingredients used:

• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 2 roma tomatoes
• 1 green onion
• Alfredo sauce mix or from a jar
• Skim milk
• Olive oil
• Pasta noodles

Preparation:

Scissors made quick work of the onions.

The chicken was slightly frozen which I find easier for chopping despite the cold hands. I cut them into small pieces in the hopes that they might go unnoticed by my youngest daughter who takes the prize when it comes to being a picky-eater. (She comes by it naturally.)

Follow the instructions on your pasta noodles and start boiling the water. We used penne instead of fettuccine noodles since it is easier for the girls to pick up on their forks.

Tomatoes and green onions

Add some olive oil to a skillet or frying pan and cook the cubed chicken on medium heat. While the chicken is going it is time to start cutting up the vegetables. I used kitchen scissors to cut up the onions and a paring knife to dice up the tomatoes. Place in a container while you wait for the chicken to finish up.

Once the chicken is no longer pink I added the veggies into the frying pan to help soften them up. Turn down the heat at this point.

The result of not stirring.

Now it is time to start the sauce. It is very important that you follow the instructions on the packaging. I didn't faithfully stir it continually and had to scrub the pot for close to an hour afterwards to get it clean.

Once the sauce is done, the pasta has been drained and rinsed, you're ready to mix it all together and share with your family.

What I found was that I should have used less chicken, even though that goes against my general thinking. I enjoyed the meal as well as my wife, the kids weren't as enthused. It did little to impress my picky-eater, she was happy to have her noodles plain.

Does anyone have a suggestion to improve my pasta dish?

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Other photos:

The house smelt great while cooking.

Multitasking on the cook-top. Notice I'm not stirring.