{"id":1300,"date":"2009-11-24T20:50:37","date_gmt":"2009-11-25T02:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/?p=1300"},"modified":"2009-11-24T20:50:37","modified_gmt":"2009-11-25T02:50:37","slug":"chicken-broccoli-mac-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/24\/chicken-broccoli-mac-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicken-Broccoli Mac & Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was exactly the kind of meal I needed tonight: quick and easy!\u00c2\u00a0 It’s been one of those<\/em> days.\u00c2\u00a0 The kind of day that involves a 45 minute battle to get The Littlest Apple to wear pants that ends with both of us in tears and no pants (well, I had on my pants).\u00c2\u00a0 The kind of day that involves squeezing a juice box all over the kitchen just to see what happens.\u00c2\u00a0 The kind of day that involves spilling milk all over the couch, just to see what happens<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 It was a very very <\/em>long day, and I am drained.<\/p>\n

The Picky Apple is off the rest of the week (yay! yay! yay!), so I’m hoping to get some longer posts written in the next few days.\u00c2\u00a0 Hopefully I can also get to all of those comments that keep piling up!\u00c2\u00a0 I value all of your comments, and I try my hardest to respond to each of them.\u00c2\u00a0 Sometimes I’m just a little slower than others.<\/p>\n

But for now, here’s this quick and easy recipe, perfect for those days<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Chicken<\/p>\n

Chicken-Broccoli Mac & Cheese<\/h4>\n

from Better Homes and Gardens, June 2009<\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/p>\n

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  • 8 oz. dried rigatoni<\/li>\n
  • 2 cups fresh broccoli florets<\/li>\n
  • 1 2 to 2 1\/4 lb. whole roasted chicken<\/li>\n
  • 1 5.2 oz. pkg. semisoft cheese with garlic and fine herbs<\/li>\n
  • 3\/4 to 1 cup milk<\/li>\n
  • 1\/4 cup oil-packed dried tomatoes, drained and snipped<\/li>\n
  • Fresh Italian parsley, optional<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    In large saucepan cook pasta according to package directions, adding broccoli florets during the last 3 minutes of cooking time.\u00c2\u00a0 While pasta is cooking, remove meat from roasted chicken.\u00c2\u00a0 Coarsely chop chicken.\u00c2\u00a0 Drain pasta and broccoli; set aside.<\/p>\n

    In same saucepan combine cheese, the 3\/4 cup milk, tomatoes, and 1\/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper.\u00c2\u00a0 Cook and stir until cheese is melted.\u00c2\u00a0 Add pasta mixture and chicken.\u00c2\u00a0 Heat through.\u00c2\u00a0 If necessary, thin with additional milk.\u00c2\u00a0 Sprinkle fresh parsley.<\/p>\n

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    This was exactly the kind of meal I needed tonight: quick and easy!\u00c2\u00a0 It’s been one of those days.\u00c2\u00a0 The kind of day that involves a 45 minute battle to get The Littlest Apple to wear pants that ends with both of us in tears and no pants (well, I had on my pants).\u00c2\u00a0 The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5,35,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chicken","category-main-dish","category-pasta","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1300"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1307,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300\/revisions\/1307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}