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COOPERATIVE KITCHEN
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Warm Pasta Salad
with Chicken
Recipe Courtesy of Christine Grande, Lovettsville, Va.
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8 oz. whole wheat curly pasta,
like rotini or cavatappi
½ cup plus 2 tablespoons any vinaigrette
salad dressing, divided
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 small onion, chopped
2 large carrots, sliced into quarter-inch circles
1 large sweet bell pepper (any color), diced
2 medium zucchinis, sliced into quarter-inch
half moons
5 or 6 white button or baby bella mushrooms,
sliced
1 can artichoke hearts, drained and quartered
1 jar or pouch sun-dried tomatoes, drained
and julienned
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon each of basil, oregano
and parsley
Wet your beak with these delicious chicken dishes
Rotisserie Chicken-Biscuit Casserole
fiecipe courtesy of Family Features/Culinary.net
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1 whole rotisserie chicken
8 refrigerated biscuits
1 can (10 ¾ oz.) cream of mushroom soup
½ cup milk
¼ cup sour cream
2 cups frozen vegetables
½ teaspoon dried basil
⅛ teaspoon pepper
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Heat oven to 450 degrees. Remove meat from rotisserie chicken and shred; set aside. Discard bones.
Cut biscuits into quarters; set aside. In saucepan, stir soup, milk, sour cream, chicken, vegetables,
basil and pepper. Cook until boiling. Spoon chicken mixture into baking dish. Arrange quartered
biscuits over filling. Bake 10-12 minutes, or until biscuits are golden brown.
Chick ff
Recipe courtesy of Wendy Lankford, Red Oak, Va.
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2 cups chicken, cooked and chopped
3 oz. cream cheese
¼ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter, melted
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Mix all ingredients except rolls together. Place a portion on each roll (for appetizers cut rolls
in half). Pull corners together and pinch. Place on cookie sheet and bake at 400 degrees
until slightly browned. (An egg wash makes this very pretty and seals edges.)
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⅛ teaspoon black pepper
2 cups cooked chicken breast, diced
grated Romano or Parmesan cheese
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Cook pasta according to package directions exfifififi
do not add salt or anything else to the water. Cook
for one minute longer than al dente time. Drain
pasta well (do not rinse) and return to pot. S †
1/2 cup of vinaigrette dressing. Cover with lid and
fieep warm. In a large sauté pan or wok, heat the
olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and carrots
and sauté until carrots are crisp-tender ⁴
4 minutes. Add the remaining vegetables and the
dried herbs and sauté until vegetables start to
soften and mushrooms begin to darken, about
2 minutes. Stir in chicken, black pepper
remaining vinaigrette dressing. Cover and cook
until chicken is thoroughly heated, about 2-3
minutes. Turn off heat and mix in the pasta.
Add more vinaigrette, if desired. Serve topped
with grated cheese.
Got a tasty treat to share?
Email your original vegetarian dishes, spinach dishes and carrot recipes
to cooperativekitchen@co-opliving.com, or mail to Cooperative Kitchen,
c/o Cooperative Living, P.O. Box 2340, Glen Allen, VA 23058-2340 and
include your email address.
You also can submit them online at co-opliving.com/cooperativekitchen.
Selected recipes will be published in future issues of Cooperative Living
or at co-opliving.com. Because of volume we cannot guarantee publication
of all recipes. Reader recipes are submitted in good faith. Cooperative Living
cannot warrant results.
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