Parmesan Basil Chicken Bake

This one will be great for using that canned chicken! I love recipes that used canned ingredients (for example, tuna casserole is my standby dish if I don't have fresh meat in the house)

This recipe is by Amy Bergin, the inventor of the Couponizer coupon organizer!

Parmesan Basil Chicken Bake

by Amy Bergin

This is an original recipe of mine! My family loved it, so it's time to share with you!

INGREDIENTS:

1 can premium chicken breast (12.5 oz), drained

2 TB butter or margarine

2 TB flour

2 cups milk

4 oz. cream cheese

1/4 c. fresh basil chopped

1 c. shaved parmesan cheese

salt

pepper

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Prepare pasta according to direction on box, do not overcook. Melt butter in medium sized saucepan, then stir in flour and milk to make a rue sauce or white sauce (see demo below if needed). Add cream cheese and stir unitl melted. Once the sauce has thickened, then add chicken, basil, 1/2 c. of parmesan cheese and salt and pepper to taste. Grease a 9"X13" baking dish and place the cooked pasta for the bottom layer. Then pour the white sauce mixture over it. Top with remaining parmesan cheese. Bake for 20 minutes uncovered or until bubbly.

If you have never made a white sauce, then watch this simple demonstration for tips on making it perfect every time!

WHITE SAUCE DEMO

Serving suggestion: Add a simple fruit salad like what is pictured - strawberries, bananas and blueberries tossed in vanilla yogurt.



Coupons to use: canned chicken, butter/margarine, flour, cheese
(Recipe used with permission)

Easy Meatball Parm Hero

This is a recipe from Prego, but of course you could use any brand of traditional Italian style sauce for this!

Easy Meatball Parm Hero

Prep time 5 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Makes 4 sandwiches

2 Cups Prego Traditional Italian Sauce
16 (1 oz each) frozen cooked meatballs (or see our recipe for homemade meatballs!)
4 long hard rolls, split
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
Grated Parmesan Cheese

Heat the sauce and the meatballs in a 3 quart sauce pan over medium high heat to a boil. Reduce the heat to low. Cook for 20 minutes or until meatballs are heated through, stirring occasionally.

Serve meatballs and sauce in rolls. Sprinkle with mozzarella and Parmesan cheese.