Thank you to Kraft Foods for offering me the opportunity to recreate a recipe with PHILADELPHIA Cooking Creme. Please click here to learn more about all the PHILADELPHIA Cooking Creme flavors and recipes.
As a busy mom of three I often rely on quick and easy meals to get me through dinner time. Between sports, homework and other mom duties, spending hours in the kitchen just isn’t a possibility. So when I recently had the opportunity to try out the new PHILADELPHIA cooking creme I was impressed with how convenient it made cooking a family meal.
I made Creamy Chicken Florentine using the Savory Garlic cooking creme. The name alone makes the meal sound appealing and it definitely did not disappoint. The creamy sauce gave it a comfort meal feel while the spinach and bell peppers made it feel light and healthy. The kids loved it and around these parts it’s rare that we eat a meal everyone can agree on.
To make Creamy Chicken Florentine I used the recipe from the Kraft website, with a few adaptions. I omitted the pine nuts and added red and green bell peppers in addition to the red peppers. We served ours with a fresh baguette.
Creamy Chicken Florentine
Prep Time: 20 min. | Makes: 4servings, 1-1/4 cups each.
What You Need
1 lb. boneless skinless chickenbreasts, cut into bite-size pieces
½ cup halved red pepper strips
1 tub (10 oz.) PHILADELPHIA SavoryGarlic Cooking Creme
1 pkg. (6 oz.) baby spinach leaves
2 cups hot cooked penne pasta
2 Tbsp. toasted Italian pine nuts
Make It
Cook chicken and peppers in large nonstick skillet on mediumheat 5 to 6 min. or until chicken is done.
Add cooking creme; cook and stir 3 min.
Stir in spinach and pasta; top with nuts.
Substitute
Substitute PLANTERS SliveredAlmonds for the pine nuts.
Variation
Substitute uncooked deveinedpeeled medium shrimp for the chicken; cook and stir shrimp with peppers 2 to 3min. or until shrimp turn pink. Add cooking creme; continue as directed.
Nutrition Information Per Serving
390 calories, 14g total fat, 7gsaturated fat, 630mg sodium, 30g carbohydrate, 34g protein
Here’s a little video I made of my daughter and I cooking. She loves helping me in the kitchen. Don’t be surprised if you see her with her own cooking show 20 years from now. :)
The creme was so easy to use, I can’t wait to try the Creamy Pesto and Savory Lemon & Herb next. Have you used any of the PHILADELPHIA Cooking Cremes? What are some of your favorite recipes using them. I’m always looking for new recipes to try.
Thank you again to Kraft Foods for sponsoring this blog post. I was selected as one of 20 bloggers by Technorati Media and Clever Girls Collective to participate in the Kraft Foods PHILADELPHIA Cooking Creme signature recipes campaign. While I have been compensated for my time and received the product, my opinions and experiences are my own.
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I love this cooking creme! I used it to make baked penne on Saturday and then I made fettuccine alfredo on Valentine's Day!
I have seen this and been afraid to try it! This would be such a simple meal, like Hamburger Helper easy! Thanks for sharing, I will be giving this one a try!
I love the cooking cremes!!! My favorite is the Italian and the Mexican flavors!!! yummy!
This looks so tasty and so easy to make! Thanks so much for sharing!
I love this one. Its awsome and I used this recipe on the back of the tub and it is surprisingly creamy and delicious.
I featured this today!!! :) Now I am so hungry!!!
This looks delicious! Please stop over and share at Mix it up Monday:
http://flourmewithlove.blogspot.com/2012/02/mix-it-up-monday_19.html
I hope to see you soon :)
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This is going to sound silly, but this looks yummy AND pretty too! The peppers were a great addition!! Love it Crystal!
I like to make this dish all the time, but I just toss it in olive oil. I am going to have to try out the Philly now. It looks delish!
double drool I hope you'll stop by and add this and any other posts you're proud of to my Wednesday What We Wore and Made Link party
marissa
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Ah yeah this looks like a YUMMY dish! Thanks for sharing :)
We'll be featuring it tomorrow!!
xoxo
This looks really tasty. I always have chicken breasts in the freezer. I'm going to give it a try.
This looks soo yummy.. oh how I wish I could partake in the yumminesss of spinach and peppers .. but lucky me.. I am allergic to both! Uggh.. Can't wait to try the cream cheese though.. thanks so much for sharing with the Pink Hippo party.. can't wait to see what you share next!