20 Minute Chicken Alfredo

Super Simple Chicken Alfredo:

Another recipe I've adapted over the years into a 2 pot 20 minute dinner.  It's not healthy at all, but it's a crowd pleaser and my daughter looooves it.

Ingredients:
2-3 garlic cloves (or garlic salt)
1 1/2 tsp black pepper
1 pint heavy whipping cream
3/4 stick of butter
3 chicken breasts, diced into cubes
1 box pasta of choice (I use mini farfalle)
Shredded parmesan cheese

Optional Add-ins:
Steamed Broccoli
Steamed Cauliflower
Red Pepper
Mushrooms

Directions:

In a large sautee pan (at least 2 inches deep), melt better over medium heat.  Add in your garlic (either salt or diced cloves), pepper and paprika if you like it.  Once butter is melted, add in chicken and cook until no longer pink.  Once chicken is fully cooked, add in 1 pint of heavy whipping cream.  Stir until mixed fully with butter, and then simmer on low for 10-15 minutes, or until the sauce thickens up.

While chicken is cooking, boil pasta in a separate pot and steam or sautee any added veggies you will be adding in.  Once sauce thickens, add in any veggies and the parmesan cheese and serve immediately over pasta.

Easy 20 minutes chicken alfredo!

Avocado Chicken Salad

Avocado Chicken Salad
(adapted from a Paula Dean recipe)




Ingredients

Salad:
3 cups cooked, diced or shredded chicken
1 avocado, peeled, diced, and tossed with 1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 cup chopped red onion
1 red or green pepper, chopped (you can also use tomato if you prefer)
1 to 2 teaspoons pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley leaves or cilantro leaves

Avocado Dressing:
2 large avocados, peeled and mashed with 2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup chopped red onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
Dash cayenne pepper

Thick, crusty bread, multi-grain or sourdough, for serving
OR
Pita pocket bread
Lemon wedges, for garnish

Directions

Salad:

Mix all ingredients and chill. Pass with avocado dressing.

Dressing:

Place all ingredients in a food processor and blend until smooth. Chill and serve alongside chicken salad.

Blog Overhall

So the blog may be looking a little different to anyone that has been here before!  It not only got a new name and url, but I changed the look and what exactly the blog is!

Introducing:

Jen's Mountain View Kitchen!

A blog with tasty recipes I create or adapt and then feed to my unsuspecting family, with a few humorous tales of mommyhood thrown in.  Hopefully I'll try to blog here a little more often, but who knows since we're expecting a baby in less than 50 days!

Hope you enjoy the recipes!

Jen