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Chicken Parmesan Casserole | Kraft Fresh Take

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Are you ready for a FRESH take on an old dish? I am so excited to be able to share this simple Italian recipe with you today. I paired up with my friends at Kraft and incorporated their incredible Kraft Fresh Take meal kit into tonight’s meal. The Fresh Take does a great job of mixing breadcrumbs and cheese in a flavorful blend. My favorite part is they do all of the seasoning for you!

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After checking out all of the incredible mix options I decided to go with Italian Parmesan as it would be the perfect compliment to the chicken Parmesan casserole I planned on whipping up.

You can check out my Google+ Album of my shopping trip here. I also grabbed most of the other ingredients while I was a Wal-Mart. True one stop shopping!

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This is where it get’s fun….here is the simple recipe I prepared.

Chicken Parmesan Casserole with Kraft #FreshTake #cbias

2013-04-27 13:01:39

Serves 6

A delicious Italian dinner made with the help of Kraft Fresh Take's Italian Parmesan breadcrumb & cheese mix.

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Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

30 min

Total Time

40 min

Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

30 min

Total Time

40 min

Ingredients

1 Package of Kraft's Italian Parmesan Fresh Take

4-6 Chicken Breast Strips/Tenders

1 egg

1 Can of diced tomatoes

1 box of spaghetti noodles

Olive Oil Spray

1 c. mozzarella cheese

8 oz. spaghetti sauce

Oregano

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

2. Open Kraft Fresh take and mix breadcrumbs and cheese

3. Dip chicken strips in egg and then drop into the Fresh Take bag. Shake. Mix. Do a little dance.

4. Cook chicken at 350 degrees for 20 minutes (or until done throughout)

5. Boil noodles according to package instructions.

6. Spray the bottom of a 9x13 casserole dish with olive oil

7. Line with cooked noddles.

8. Pour in tomatoes, 3/4 c. of mozzarella cheese, and spaghetti sauce. Mix together.

9. When chicken it finished cut into bite sized pieces. Add to casserole dish.

10. Top with the rest of the cheese & sprinkle with oregano.

11. Bake on 350 degrees for 8 minutes or until heated throughout.

12. Enjoy with garlic bread!

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The end result was absolutely delightful and we had so much left over! Since it was just the hubs and I eating not only was this meal dinner but lunch too. I usually don’t have a lot of time to spend cooking dinner so the Fresh Take was a perfect shortcut I needed to prepared something fabulous. III raved for days and didn’t complain at all for having to eat it for a few meals in a row. Max wished he could get in on the yummy action too! Fresh Take has so many varieties and I am looking forward to my next meal with their help!

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Grilling Corn & a Veggie Dinner

So as I’ve mentioned in the past few weeks, III and I are trying to do a little better watching what we eat. III grew up eating his fair share of vegetables, everything from eggplant and collard greens to carrots and corn! I’m not quite as much of an adventurous eater, but since we’ve gotten married I’ve been trying. Last night we decided in effort to eat better, we would make a “veggie” plate….Cracker Barrel style.

On the menu: grilled asparagus, grilled corn on the cob, Simply Potatoes’ steakhouse diced potatoes, and cucumber slices.

Here is the run down of the quick and easy veggie dinner:

When brainstorming which vegetables we would both eat, III insisted corn be on the menu….I’ve heard him talk about eating ear about ear for a snack in high school, so I had to make sure my corn lived up to mom! I prefer corn to be grilled, so here is what to do:

First, shuck & rinse the corn (or you can buy it already shucked).

Then before wrapping the corn in aluminum foil add butter, salt, pepper, and about 2 spoonfuls of water (or crushed ice).

Wrap up and grill on medium heat for about 30 minutes turning about halfway through!

While the corn is going I decided to get the potatoes going. Now I know potatoes are “technically” a starch, but for all intents and purposes, we’re going with a veggie. Now, what I loved about this package from Simply Potatoes is the potatoes are already diced & seasoned to perfection!

The asparagus takes the least amount of time to grill….I simply brushed them with olive oil and sprinkled with salt. They took about 8 minutes on the grill, also flipping half way through.

I was so proud when everything was ready at about the same time, just as III walked in the door! The corn looked absolutely beautiful.

I was a little worried we wouldn’t be full without any meat, but we were both pleasantly surprised. And I didn’t feel the least bit guilty when I had Klondike bar for dessert )