Chicken, Broccoli, Penne Alfredo

Ok so it's been ridiculously chilly here in Germany the past week or two that we've been home and all I want to do is bundle up in my downy-fluff blanket and eat warm, delicious food! At the same time I am making a conscious effort to slim down so this puts me in quite the predicament!

Back in the days of pregnancy #1 I had the lovely blessing of gestational diabetes and during that time I became well acquainted with the DLife website - it's a fantastic website for anyone who has diabetes! It has a ginormous variety of recipes and breaks each one down so that you can see how many calories, carbs, etc. So I logged my happy self right onto this website and began searching for something warm and savory...the end result was Alfredo Sauce :) DELISH!!! I used a low-carb penne pasta and threw in some broccoli and grilled chicken. It was amazing, I swear it!  

Ingredients:
1 box of Dreamfields Low Carb Penne Pasta
1 head of Broccoli, steamed and chopped roughly
2 chicken breasts
3 tbsp butter
3 tbsp flour
2.5 cups of low fat milk
1/4 cup of grated Parmesan cheese
Salt, Pepper, Red Pepper Flakes
nonstick Spray (PAM)


Directions:
In a pot, steam the broccoli until tender then set aside.

In a pan, spray some nonstick spray and heat on med-high heat. Lightly sprinkle salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes on the chicken breasts and then cook until golden brown. Set aside to rest, don't cut into them until you're ready to serve everything!


Bring a pot of water to boil and salt heavily. Plop those noodles in and while they're cooking you can start the alfredo sauce...



In a pan, melt the butter and stir in the flour. Make sure you mix the ingredients completely and then let it brown up - it takes about 5 minutes or so. Then whisk in the milk gradually, stirring continually. Feel free to add salt and pepper here to your liking. Once the sauce has thickened you can add the parmesan cheese and stir thoroughly.


In a large bowl combine the noodles, alfredo sauce, and broccoli and mix together. Serve a few scoops up into a bowl and then slice up a few strips of chicken and place it on top. I added a little shredded cheese on top just for good measure :)


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