Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Meals With Chicken & Ricotta Cheese

Chicken and ricotta cheese can be used for tasty meals.


Chicken and ricotta cheese pair nicely together especially if you combine them with several other ingredients. Some meals are Italian and some are spicy. Just include ingredients that you enjoy to make a dish that your family can't resist.


Baked Pasta With Chicken and Ricotta Cheese


Baked pasta with ricotta cheese is simple to make and sure to please kids. The ingredients include spiral pasta, chopped chicken, spinach, 2% milk, ricotta cheese, Parmesan, salt and pepper. First cook the noodles in boiling water with salt. Drain the noodles and preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Then bake the chicken so it looks white throughout when you chop it up. Add all of the ingredients to a pan and top with the Parmesan. Let cook for 20 to 30 minutes.


Chicken Breasts Stuffed With Ricotta and Goat Cheese


Chicken breasts stuffed with ricotta and goat cheese is a low fat and low cholesterol meal that the American Heart Association recommends. The ingredients include vegetable oil spray and skinless chicken breast halves. Also, the stuffing is made from fat free ricotta cheese, soft goat cheese, parsley and chives. Create the sauce from no-salt tomato sauce, Italian herb seasoning, oregano, garlic, salt and pepper. This meal only has 236 calories per serving size.


Three-Cheese Chicken Cacciatore Manicotti


Three-cheese chicken cacciatore manicotti is an Italian dish. The ingredients include manicotti, olive oil, nonstick spray, chopped onions, plum tomatoes, chopped green pepper, garlic, diced and cooked skinless chicken breast, mozzarella cheese, ricotta cheese, egg, Parmesan cheese, basic, low-sodium and fat free marinara sauce, salt and pepper (see references 3). Cook all ingredients before adding a mixture of the vegetables, chicken, egg, mozzarella, ricotta, Parmesan, salt, pepper and basil to the manicotti. Let bake for 30 minutes on 350 degrees Fahrenheit.


Fusilli With Spicy Chicken Sausage, Tomato, And Ricotta Cheese


Fusilli with spicy chicken sausage, tomato and ricotta cheese has a pleasant kick to it if you enjoy spicy food. Ingredients include olive oil, chicken sausage, onion, garlic, dry white wine, canned crushed tomatoes, rosemary, water, red pepper flakes, salt, parsley, fusilli and ricotta cheese (see references 4). First cook the chicken sausage in a frying pan, take it out and cut it into slices. Then cook the onions and garlic before adding the dry white wine, sausage, water, tomatoes, red pepper flakes, rosemary, salt and finally the parsley ten minutes later. Boil the fusilli then drain it and mix everything together to serve it.







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