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Healthy macaroni recipe

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Cooking a macaroni recipe does not has to mean lots of calories, Chef has cooked a healthy macaroni recipe that is delicious and simple to cook.

Instead of macaroni cheese how about macaroni with vegetables and chicken?

This is a very tasty dish to make, great for pasta lovers that don't always want a creamy or cheesy sauce.

Red, green and orange peppers, zucchini, carrots, mushrooms and garlic give this dish lots of health benefits such as vitamin C, vitamin A and more including fibre.

Cooked chicken is used in this recipe which is added at the end of cooking to heat through, frozen chicken can be used as long as it is pre-cooked and ready to eat.

A great recipe to use up left over chicken from a Sunday roast.

If you do not eat chicken you can use quorn chicken or even eat it as a vegetable pasta dish, it is just delicious!

You can serve this wonderful macaroni recipe with fresh garlic bread.




Ingredients for healthy macaroni recipe

1 large Sweet pointed red pepper/capsicum (chopped)
1 Green pepper/capsicum (chopped)
1 Orange Pepper/capsicum (chopped)
3 Flat mushrooms (chopped)
4-5 small Carrots (sticks)
1 Zucchini (sticks)
1 large tsp Garlic paste
1 Tbsp Tomato puree
Salt to taste
3/4 Cup of water
1 tsp Tomato ketchup
Few drops of Worcestershire sauce
Pinch dried basil
Large pinch dried parsley
3-4 Cups of Cooked chicken or Pre-cooked frozen chicken
Rice bran oil


Picture of fresh vegetables.




How to make a healthy macaroni recipe


Take a large pan and drizzle in a little oil.

Add the carrots and cook on a medium heat for 5-10 minutes.

The carrots should start to soften but not brown.



Add the garlic zucchini and peppers and some salt.

Cook for another 5-8 minutes stirring often so that the vegetables do not burn.



Add the water, puree, herbs and mushrooms.

Stir well turn the heat up for a few seconds then turn the heat back down, place on the lid and simmer for 20 minutes.

Stir frequently.



Once the vegetables are cooked add the cooked chicken, stir often and keep cooking for a few minutes until the chicken is heated through.

If you are using pre-cooked frozen chicken, add the chicken and simmer with the lid on stirring very often until the chicken has evenly defrosted and heated through.

Taste and check for seasoning.




Stir the chicken and vegetables through the macaroni and serve with fresh cracked black pepper.



Enjoy Chefs healthy macaroni pasta recipe.


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Creamy chicken pasta recipe

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This is one tasty creamy chicken pasta recipe, and as well as being delicious i is a much healthier recipe as milk is used instead of cream, even soya milk can be used with great results.

Chicken can taste very delicious with pasta and for vegetarians quorn chicken can taste just good, this creamy chicken pasta recipe can be made using fresh chicken or quorn.

Another healthy factor about this creamy chicken pasta recipe is that it uses lots of vegetables which add vitamins and fibre to the dish as well as extra flavour.

If fresh chicken is used in this recipe remember to keep stirring the pan to be sure that the chicken is cooked evenly, the dish only becomes a real creamy sauce towards the end of cooking so be sure to stir.

You can serve this tasty creamy chicken pasta with any type of pasta and sprinkle with cheese at the end if desired.

For people who don't want to use milk this chicken recipe can be cooked using soya milk and still taste excellent, quorn chicken does contain egg whites so this is not a vegan recipe.





Ingredients for creamy chicken pasta recipe

1 Pack quorn chicken breast or 1 Pack diced fresh chicken breast
Few handfuls Petite pois peas frozen
Few handfuls Frozen sweetcorn
3 Flat mushrooms
4-6 small Carrots (grated)
3 Garlic cloves
Pinch dried parsley
Pinch dried basil
Salt and pepper
Milk or soya milk
2 Tbsp Cornflour (corn starch)
Rice bran oil
Butter/margarine (optional)



How to make Creamy chicken pasta


Drizzle some oil into a large pan and turn onto a medium heat.

Add the chicken pieces and cook until either the quorn pieces start to turn golden or the fresh chicken turns white but not fully cooked.

Stir well whilst cooking then remove from the pan as you add the chicken to the pan again very soon.

Add the grated carrots to the pan and cook on a medium/low heat for 10-15 minutes or until the carrots soften.

Once the carrots have softened up add the chicken back to the pan and stir well.


Add the peas and sweetcorn keep stirring.

Add the parsley, basil, salt and pepper then pour in some water.



Do not cover the chicken and vegetables in water, you should barley see the water coming up through the vegetables.

When the vegetables cook the vegetables will produce extra water.

This dish is cooked almost like a dry curry, there should not really be too much of a sauce until the end when milk is added to turn the dish into a creamy sauce.

Cover the pan and simmer for 20 minutes being sure to keep stirring the dish very well from time to time, especially if fresh chicken is being used as the chicken needs to cook evenly.



In a small dish mix the cornflour with 1-2 tablespoons of milk.

Pour the cornflour mixture into the pan with some milk, only add a little milk at a time as the sauce will keep thickening as you add the milk.

Simmer for 5 minutes and keep stiring.



Add the mushrooms stir well and add more milk if needed, keep simmering and stirring.



When the mushrooms and chicken are fully cooked check for seasoning to see if more salt is needed.

Add a knob of butter/margarine (optional) and stir well.



Serve with fresh pasta or rice.


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