chicken penne rosa

By beandip

Ingredients

• 1 box penne pasta (or less depending on who you are feeding)
• (I had to use "medium" shell pasta, because after I got done making the sauce, I realized that is all we had)
• 2 chicken breasts-shredded
• 1 1/2 cups of fresh spinach
• 2 cups marinara sauce (jarred or homemade)
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes (or less if you don't want it to spicy)
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
• 1 cup diced tomatoes (I used canned tomatoes)

Preparation

Step 1

Saute chicken in a pan with a little oil and with salt and pepper.
Then shred the chicken however small you want it in the pasta.
In a sauce pan combine marinara, heavy cream, parmesan and red pepper flakes over medium heat, until it is as heated up as you want it.
Meanwhile, Cook your pasta in water until al dente. Drain pasta.
Add the pasta to the delicious mixture you have created and finish cooking for about a minute in the sauce. Add chicken and spinach and serve with a little grated parmesan.

And.... It turned out great. Kyle, even liked it for lunch the next day, reheated.
It makes a LOT. So you can half the recipe if there are only 2 of you. I always make dishes to feed 4 so there are leftovers for Kyle's lunch. He is sick of sandwiches. :)