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This evening I realized I had nothing in the refrigerator to make for dinner. I always have some Bell and Evans boneless chicken breast in the freezer, so took some of that out to defrost. I usually grill some on my stove top grille. But it’s getting boring. Little did I know I would find this great recipe “Chicken, Broccoli and Cherry Tomato Pasta”! I started thinking what could I make with it. I decided I would cook the breasts in some chicken broth, and probably keep it simple, and make a chicken salad sandwich. So I put the chicken pieces in a sauce pot with some chicken broth and put on the stove. Then I noticed I had a half a container of cherry tomatoes sitting on the counter, and thought, this would be great with some pasta, olive oil and garlic. And ya, I could put some of the chicken in to it as well!

So, I went to the computer and Googled, “pasta with chicken cherry tomatoes broccoli garlic and oil”. This great recipe came up from Food Network, “Chicken, Broccoli, and Cherry Tomato Fusilli”. The picture on their site was a little messed up, but it sounded just like what I was in the mood for. A coincidentally, the chicken for the dish was cooked in chicken broth on the stove! Wow, nothing could have been more perfect!

I ran to the fridge just to make sure I had broccoli, and yes, there it was!

Disclaimer….I did mess up making this recipe, the recipe called for garlic for 2 different steps, and unless you are careful reading you can put it all in. Which I did. So the dish was a little (OK, a lot) more garlicky than it should be, but even with that screw up, it was FANTASTIC. I love pasta recipes that don’t have that heavy cream sauce. Yes, they taste delicious. But, you feel terrible after. This has chicken broth, 2 Tbsp butter, and Parmesan or Romano cheese. That’s it! Super, super, tasty!

I can’t tell you what it tastes like when you use the correct amount of garlic until the net time I make it. But, I will say, if you’re leery of garlic, use less. Garlic is a funny thing. Some people like loads of it, some people not so much, and some not at all.

No matter what… try this recipe! It tastes like something you would get at your favorite Italian Ristorante, and you won’t believe you made it yourself!

Update: I made this recipe again tonight, because it frustrates me when I mess up a recipe. I used less garlic (2 cloves minced sauteed in oil instead of the initial recipes 4 cloves garlic). I also sauteed the cherry tomatoes whole instead of cut. This recipe came out super delicious! Plenty of garlic!

MAKE THIS RECIPE!

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