Susan's Chicken Spaghetti in a White Sauce

4 chicken breasts chopped
(Or one rotisserie chicken)
1/2 cup butter
1 cup mushrooms sliced
1 cup onion chopped
1 cup celery chopped
1 pint half and half
(fat free works perfectly well!)
2 T dry white wine
2 T cooking sherry
S/P to taste
Parm Cheese
6 oz. spaghetti

Melt butter in skillet and saute vegetables until soft.
Add chicken, half and half, sherry, wine, s/p.
Heat to almost boiling.
Mix 2 T of flour to make a paste.
Add paste to chicken mixture and simmer for 5 minutes.

Cook spaghetti, drain, rinse and place in butter shallow casserole dish. Pour chicken mixture into dish and gently stir noodles into mixture. Spring top with parm.

Jen's Summer (Winter,Spring,Fall at the Mattson home) Pasta

1 lb. Orrichette (you can find it at Market Street)

½ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil

1 T. Kosher Salt

1 clove garlic – minced

¼ t. red pepper flakes

Crushed black pepper

2 Mozzarella balls cut into small cubes

18-24 cherry tomatoes halved

1 c. fresh basil – julienned



Put EVOO, salt, garlic, red and black pepper in bowl and stir. Add cherry tomatoes, mozzarella balls and basil, stir. Let tomato and cheese mixture sit while pasta is cooking. Boil Pasta until ready, drain and add to tomato and cheese mixture. Mix all ingredients; wait about 5 minutes to let cheese melt a little. Enjoy!



Sometimes I add grilled chicken to the recipe for a light dinner.