Creamy Rotini and Greens

If you tried my Meal Prep Chicken then you're halfway there to making this comfort food casserole. You can also use leftover roast chicken or rotisserie chicken instead.

Ingredients:

2 cups rotini (I used whole wheat here)

2 1/2 tbsps butter

3 tbsps flour

3 cups milk

salt and pepper to taste

pinch of cayenne

2 tsps minced garlic

1 tsp dry minced onion

2 cups chopped kale (or spinach)

1/2 cup parmesan cheese, divided

1 cup cooked chicken

See Meal Prep Chicken recipe:

https://www.hotandcoldrunningmom.ca/2024/08/meal-prep-chicken.html

 

First cook and drain the rotini in a colander, rinsing in cold water. Set aside.

In the same pot the rotini was cooked in heat the butter to medium high. Add the flour and stir 1 minute. Whisk in the milk, cayenne, garlic, minced dry onion, salt and pepper and cook 2-3 minutes to thicken.

Next add the kale and pre-cooked chicken with 1/4 cup parmesan. Stir in the cooked rotini.

Oil a 10" square baking dish and spoon the mixture in topping with the remaining 1/4 cup parmesan.

Bake at 425°F for 30 minutes.

Serves 4

Follow hotandcoldrunningmom on Pinterest. You can scan the pincode seen here with your phone if you're on a desktop. If you're on a phone just screenshot it, go to the Pinterest app, click camera. Then instead of taking a pic use the option to use one of your photos. Click on the screenshot you just took and go right to my Pinterest profile where you can follow me 🙂