Lemon Chicken Bowtie Pasta

Tuesday, Tuesday

the menu:

Lemon Chicken Bowtie Pasta
Pecan/Feta/Apple Salad
French Bread
Strawberries w/ brown sugar & sour cream
Ice Cream & Cookies


the instructions:

Pasta: mix pasta, sauce and chicken together and heat through
Strawberries: dip in sour cream and then roll in brown sugar, or just mix the sour cream and sugar together and get to the enjoying faster!


the recipes:

Lemon Chicken Bowtie Pasta
1 tsp olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
6 ounces chicken
1/2 cup frozen peas
1/2 cup carrots, julienned
1 cup chicken broth
4 tbsp cream cheese
2 cups bowtie pasta (measured raw)
3 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 tsp grated lemon rind
1/8 tsp salt & pepper

Cook pasta according to package directions. Over medium heat, saute garlic. Add chicken and cook several minutes. Add carrots and peas and cook until chicken is no longer pink; remove from pan and keep warm. In the same pan add chicken broth, cream cheese and Parmesan cheese. Cook 3 minutes, stirring constantly until cheese melts. Add chicken mixture and cooked pasta and heat through. (Serves 4)


Salad
Favorite salad greens, green onion, feta cheese, granny smith apples, candied pecans and Marston's San Pasqual dressing--yum


Chocolate Chip Cookies
this is my standard chocolate chip recipe
1 cup butter
1 cup Crisco
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup sugar
Beat together
3 eggs
2 t baking soda
2 t salt
2 t vanilla
Mix
4 1/2 cups flour
Add chocolate chips and such to your fancy

Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes