Saturday, January 16, 2010

Creamy Tomato-Basil Pasta w/Chicken

6 comments Posted by Marisa Lyn at 12:55 PM

Back in December I was unexpectedly asked by Love My Philly blog if I would be interested in testing their Creamy Tomato-Basil Pasta w/Chicken recipe. As I am new to food blogging I was very surprised and flattered to be asked and excited about participating in this. The experience was invaluable to me in my quest to improve on my cooking skills.

I found this recipe very easy to make and easy to adapt if necessary. However, I must say that the next time I make this recipe I will prep my ingredients ahead of time to make it more convenient and time saving. I also used chicken tenders instead of chicken breast as in the recipe. If you follow the directions below you should breeze right through this recipe with no problems.

* Recipe and directions provided by Love My Philly blog.
* Photos by Marisa Lyn for All in Good Food blog

Prep: 30 minutes
Makes: 4 servings

Ingredients
3 cups penne pasta, uncooked
¼ cup KRAFT sun-dried tomato dressing, divided
4 small boneless skinless Chicken Breasts
1 cup fat-free reduced-sodium chicken broth
½ tsp. each garlic powder & black pepper
4 oz (1/2 package) PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese, cubed
2 cups grape tomatoes
½ cup KRAFT shredded parmesan cheese
8 fresh basil leaves, cut into strips

Directions

1. Cook pasta as directed on package.

2. Meanwhile, heat 2 tbsp. dressing in large skillet on medium heat. Add chicken, cover. Cook 5 to 6 minutes on each side or until done (165º F). Remove chicken from skillet, cover to keep warm. Carefully wipe out skillet with paper towel.

3. Add remaining dressing, broth, and seasonings to skillet; cook 3 to 4 min. or until heated through.

4. Add Neufchatel; cook and stir 2 to 3 min. or until Neufchatel is melted. Stir in tomatoes, cook 3 min.
5. Drain pasta. Add to ingredients in skillet with Parmesan and basil, mix well.



6. Serve topped with chicken.


I want to again thank Philadelphia Cream Cheese who reached out to me to participate. They were gracious enough to provide me with coupons and a cookbook for my participation. I know that others also participated and I can’t wait to see how the recipe came out for them.

I hope you will try this recipe for yourself. By the way this dish is great the second time around.
So… Itadaki masu.

Writers Note: I have to say that after writing this blog I realized that instead of using 4oz of the Neufchatel I used 8oz (the full package). So my sauce was creamier than it should be. This mistake was unintentional but it did not hamper the taste of the dish. It was still delicious.

 

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Friday, December 25, 2009

Give `Em Props

0 comments Posted by Marisa Lyn at 11:45 AM

Merry Christmas everyone. No post today. I just want to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday with your families.


See you next Fiday.

 

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Monday, December 7, 2009

New Feature Series

2 comments Posted by Marisa Lyn at 4:11 PM

Yesterday I wrote a post entitled Foodie Blog Updates recognizing the food blog Travel Eat Love’s new self hosted site. After writing this I decided to make this a regular feature on my blog. So today I decided to write up a post to explain what this feature section is about. This section is designed to showcase food blogs that have gone through changes such as moves or new set ups for the site, have been recognized as being a top blog site or are new sites to the food blogging world.

Originally I just named the series Foodie Blog Updates however after thinking about it I have decided to rename the series “Give ‘Em Props.” This series will be posted up every Friday to showcase the week’s activities and achievements. I will do my best to catch things that have been posted to twitter or on the bloggers own sites but sometimes things may be missed. If there is an acknowledgement that you feel should be mentioned please email me at allingoodfood@gmail.com or direct message me with the information on my twitter @allingoodfood42. So stay tuned for more to come.

 

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Sunday, December 6, 2009

Foodie Blog Updates

0 comments Posted by Marisa Lyn at 5:43 PM

In an effort of expanding my cooking knowledge I am always looking for new foodies to follow. Today I saw a tweet about Meghan Malloy @Travel Eat Love who is now hosting a new blog. I was curious about her blog and wanted to learn more. I am happy that she was able to get her self hosting blog up and running so that I can see what her blog is all about. The set up is very simple in nature but I like simple. Everything looks easy to read and easy to look up. If you would like to check her out you can find her at http://traveleatlove.com/. Good luck Megan and I can’t wait to read more of your posts.

 

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