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Thinking of other ways on how you can get your family to eat broccoli? Here’s one recipe that will bring your family the goodness of the chicken, mushroom, pasta and broccoli all in one.

Well, as for me, I would say that this is one challenge to serve to my family. Hubby doesn’t like pasta much, not to mention it’s creamy again and most of all, there’s a broccoli. So this is a make or break for me. It may tickle and enjoy hubby’s palate or only I and Alyssa will have to eat it all up and cook another meal for Daddy. Let’s see.

INGREDIENTS:
200g macaroni
1 tbsp. butter
1/2 tbsp. olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
1 small onion, minced (use shallots if you have)
1 cup mushrooms
1 cup cooked chicken, in bite sizes
1 cup broccoli, sliced into flowerettes
3 tbsp. Knorr Cream of Mushroom Soup (in flour form)
1 1/2 cup milk (I used semi-skimmed)
2 tbsp. chopped parsley
salt and pepper to taste

METHOD:
1. Cook the macaroni until al dente. Drain.

2. In a large none-stick skillet, melt the butter with the oil. Saute the onion and garlic together. Add in the mushrooms and chicken. Next add in the broccoli, cook for about a minute or until broccoli is tender. Mix in the cream of mushroom soup, incorporate well then pour in the milk. Stir gradually until thickened. season with salt and pepper. Bubble for about a minute.

3. Mix in the macaroni and turn off the heat when the cream has been well distributed to the pasta. Sprinkle the parsley. Serve.

For the mushroom soup, I always love Knorr Cream of Mushroom Soup so I can guarantee that if it’s used, it’ll really give that awesome flavor to your pasta. But you can always use any mushroom soup as a base.

By the way, I came up with this recipe as Alyssa asked me to buy broccoli when we went to the grocery. She said she’s eating broccoli in school, so I should cook it at home as well. hhmm.. good girl!!!

And yeah, I was surprised! I didn’t expect so much ‘coz I know I didn’t put anything special, only that the mushroom soup and the broccoli are really tasty. But again, they loved it! That’s what’s keeping me from trying anything… and you can do it to! Happy Home-Cooking!!!