One Pot Cheesy Chicken Alfredo

Ingredients

3 chicken breasts, cut into pieces

4-6 Mushrooms sliced to desired thickness

Salt and pepper, to taste

1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning

3 tablespoons olive oil

2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped

1 (14 oz) can chicken broth

1 cup heavy cream

2 cups small pasta, uncooked

1/4 teaspoon dried basil

2 cups grated Parmesan cheese

3/4 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded

Instructions

Add oil to large skillet pan and heat over medium-high heat. Add chicken and sauté for 2-3 minutes or until chicken starts to lightly brown. Add in garlic and sauté for another minute.

Pour in chicken broth, cream, pasta and basil and mix to combine. Bring to a boil, then cover pan and reduce to a summer. Let simmer for 15-20 minutes or until pasta is fully cooked.

Remove from heat and add parmesan cheese and mozzarella cheese. Stir until cheese is melted and fully mixed in, then serve.

Sausage Gravy with Biscuits

Ingredients

¼ C. Onion

1 pound breakfast pork sausage

4 Tbs. butter

4-5 Tbs. flour

1 cup heavy cream

1 cup milk

1 pinch cayenne pepper

1 salt to taste

1 tsp freshly ground pepper

Directions

Preheat a large skillet to medium-high. Add the onion (and a tiny drop of oil) and sauté them for about a minute. Add the pork sausage and break up with a wooden spoon, browning all over for about 8 minutes.

While the sausage is browning, melt the butter in a medium sauce pan on low to medium heat. Once melted gradually add the flour whisking out clumps. Whisk until it becomes a nice paste the color or browned butter. Add the cream and milk gradually to ensure no lumps, cayenne, salt and the tsp of pepper. Constantly whisk until desired thickness.

Pour the sausage into the cream sauce, if your heart desires go ahead and add the full pound.

Chicken Pot Pie Poppers

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups cooked, diced chicken (season to your taste)

1 can Campbell's Cream of Chicken soup

2 cups diced vegetables (I used frozen mixed veggies that were cooked)

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

1 can Pillsbury Biscuits

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400F.

Cook your chicken, cool and dice.

In a large bowl, combine the chicken, soup, fresh vegetables, cheese, onion powder and garlic powder.

Grease a 9 X 13 with cooking spray.  Roll out the Pillsbury biscuits until flat and semi-thin. Evenly spoon the chicken mixture into a flattened biscuit and then pinch the bottom shut.  I filled mine and had quite a bit left over. There was almost enough left over to fill another can of flattened biscuits.

Bake the poppers for 12-15 minutes.  Once done, remove from oven and allow to rest for about 3 minutes before removing from pan and serving.

Note:

I seasoned the chicken with the garlic powder, onion powder, and chili powder.