Three Cheese Chicken Alfredo

Hey, hey hey!!!

How are you doing today?  I know I have talked about the weather the past few days, but I am sooooooooo loving it!  It’s been sunny and warm.  I have major Spring Fever!  I don’t want to work or do anything except sit outside and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine.  Oh how I miss it so much!  After all when I had my Physical, my results were perfect, except me, the ex-sun goddess, was lacking in Vitamin D.  Crazy!!!  I thought with all the sun laying I have done in my lifetime, that I would have built up enough Vitamin D to get me through the rest of my life.  But I guess not, I guess that means more sun for me!!  But just a little!!

So the weather is nice, yet I am sharing with you today the most cheesy, comforting food I have made in a  long time.  This is my not one, not two, but Three Cheese Chicken Alfredo.  This was sure a treat to make.  Last week I was on a major pasta kick, and I had in mind that I wanted to make Chicken Parmesan,  but the little vision of my Husband was in my head, with him repeating “I don’t like chicken and tomatoes together.”  Gosh I still can’t get over that, but anyway I had chicken to use, so I thought why not make my Chicken Alfredo?  I haven’t had that in a long time and next to spaghetti and meatballs it’s my Husbands favorite pasta dish!

This is one of those quick weeknight meals, which makes it even nicer.  I did what I could to lighten up an Alfredo sauce without sacrificing flavor, thickness or creaminess.  It’s made with 1/3 fat cream cheese, lite mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese, mixed in with some butter and non-fat milk and presto you have a nice thick sauce.  When the sauce cools a bit it thickens up very nicely.  For the chicken, I just cut up some boneless chicken breast and cooked in a skillet, but to save on time, you could also use already cooked chicken like from a rotisserie chicken.  The sauce in general takes less time then waiting for the water for the pasta to boil!

This pasta dish was a hit with my Husband and I saved some left overs for Jenny and the next day she sent me a text message telling me she really enjoyed the pasta.  I love that!!  It’s nice when someone appreciates a meal that you cook!  By the way for the pasta, I used Trader Joe’s High Fiber Penne Pasta, which I really like.  I like whole wheat pasta, but my Husband wont’ touch it, so I sneak in healthy pasta with the high fiber.  lol!!  Hope he doesn’t read this!  Otherwise he will get all of my secrets on how I sneak healthy food into his meals.

Well, that’s it for me, I am on the run again!

Have a super fantastic day!!

Toodles,

Jennifer