Some SATURDAY Home Cooking at the Magnusons

Earlier this week in the Unity Forum at Splitcoast  Stampers -  I asked for some simple inexpensive recipes to feed my family with.

Morissa Sweeny directed me to her BLOG.

...and YUMMO she had a recipe on there that LOOKED Amazing.

A MUST TRY

So here it is Saturday - and I am ready to dig into some cooking.

Following Morissa's Recipe and adding a few steps/ingredients of my own.

WARNING: THIS RECIPE IS FAR FROM FAT FREE.

Please DO NOT email me with any complaints about the amount of butter OR garlic that I use. 

Cook at your own risk.

{k?}

....because pretty much THOSE TWO ingredients are my secret to YUMMINESS.

Here we go KEEPING IT SIMPLE.

Ingredients.

chicken

butter

parsley

garlic

chicken stock

white wine

bow tie pasta

flour

mushrooms

olive oil

Not Shown: Salt & Pepper

Optional Ingredients

Parmesan Cheese

Onion

Step 1: Cut up Chicken {bite size pieces}

Step 2: add garlic and butter to fry pan

Step 3: Cut up onions

 Step 4: Add Chicken and Onions Salt & Pepper  to Fry Pan

Step 5: Invite your really smart husband to help.

Step 6: In small another  fry pan heat up butter, garlic and mushrooms

Step 7: Be VERY careful NOT to step on your German Shep's NOSE.

WHY does he ALWAYS have to lay there while I am cooking?

Don't mind me, Jakob.....GEEZ!

Step 8: Boil water and add Bow Tie Pasta Cook till soft.

Step 9: Combine chicken and Mushrooms in ONE PAN.

Step 10: Take Pasta and Chicken/Mushroom pan and MIX together in one large bowl.

YUMMO.

Step 11: Time to make the sauce.

Chicken Stock made from Chicken Bullion cubes

Step 12: Combine all sauce ingredients {measurements listed below}

Step 13: Add in Chicken Stock

Step 14: Whisk till Thick

Step 15:  Add Sauce to chicke/mushroom/pasta mixture

Step 16:Mix &  Feed a family

Finished Dish with Parmesan Cheese and Pepper.

Chris gives it 5 stars - and thinks I am pretty dang good at making a Saturday Pasta Dish.

HOORAY! 

{i will add- CHRIS helped, cause he is SUCH a good cook}

THANKS SO VERY MUCH, Morissa! 

The Magnusons are eating well tonight thanks to your recipe!

Hope you don't mind I changed up a few things.

Creamless Creamy Mushroom Pasta

Pasta and Mushrooms

8 oz. Farfalle Pasta (Bowtie - Barilla Pasta Plus is my recommended.)

1 lb. fresh sliced mushrooms (Baby Portabellas would be yummy. I had plain old mushrooms.)

1 T. olive oil

2 T. butter

4 chicken breasts

onion {optional}

1 T. Garlic

1/2 c. white wine

salt

pepper

Cut up chicken into bite size pieces - {optional - cut up onion into small pieces}-  In pan add butter, garlic, chicken, onion, salt, pepper.  Saute till cooked through.  As the chicken comes to a full cook add wine to deglaze your pan  - scrape bottom to add flavor into your chicken, simmer till cooked thoroughly.  

In another small pan add butter, mushrooms, wine, salt and pepper.  Saute' mushrooms for flavor.

Mix mushrooms together with chicken mixture, set aside.

In a stock pot add water, salt and olive oil to boil for the pasta. Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain.

Combine pasta and chicken/ mushroom mixture in one large pan/bowl.

Proceed to sauce.

Sauce

1 c. chicken stock (or vegetable...We have a couple vegetarians in the family, so I try to accommodate.)

1 c. white wine (gulp down the rest WITH dinner!)

3 T. flour

2 T. butter

1/2 c. parsley

3 T. minced garlic (I used the type pre-minced in olive oil.)

salt and pepper to taste

Add butter to a large skillet and bring to a SLOW simmer. Add flour little by little and whisk in quickly. (Do NOT have the pan too hot or it will burn the flour!) When all the flour is in SLOWLY add in the white wine and stock, whisking constantly. Continue to whisk after all liquid is added and bring to a slow simmer. Add in remaining sauce ingredients. Continue to whisk until the sauce has thickened. Add pasta and mushrooms to the skillet and mix throughly. Serve topped fresh, shredded Parmesan cheese. Don't forget to enjoy it will your leftover white wine. :)

PLEASE NOTE: Pictures above show all ingredients DOUBLED due to the magnitude of the boys in my household.

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This is what the Our Little Kitchen tab will consist of in the future!

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