What's for Dinner: November 29, 2011

Last night I threw together a quick dinner. Well, it would have been quick had Macario not skipped his nap!

I made chicken salad sandwiches with spinach and cheesy pasta with broccoli.  It was a little hodge-podge-ish, but it was yummy and I got to use up my left over chicken breast and some broccoli which needed to be used ASAP.

For the chicken salad I cut up and mixed the following items with some mayo, salt and pepper:

1 cooked chicken breast
1 celery stalk
1 apple

I served the chicken salad on wheat bread and used baby spinach as my lettuce.

For the cheesy pasta I used:

3 cups uncooked rotini pasta
2 tbs butter
2 tbs flour
pepper to taste
salt
2 1/2 cups milk
3 cups of medium cheddar cheese
1 broccoli crown

While I cooked the pasta and broccoli, I made the cheese sauce. (Note: add the cut up broccoli to the boiling pasta water about 3 minutes before the pasta is done and drain all of it at once).

For the cheese sauce I cooked up the flour in the butter and then added all the milk and pepper and when that came to a bubble I whisked in the cheese.  I also added salt and more pepper to taste.  I finished it off with a couple squirts of hot sauce for flavor, but that is optional. 

Then I poured the cheese sauce over the pasta and broccoli and voila!

Macario didn't have a home made meal last night, he just had jarred baby food, so instead I'll post a picture of his feeding station.  This is where I keep all his food, formula, utensils and bottles. There is also baby food in the 'fridge and freezer which is not shown here.

Hope you all had a yummy meal last night!