Chicken Alfredo

1/2 cup butter
2 tsp. garlic powder (or fresh garlic)
6 oz. grated Parmesan Cheese
1 8  oz.package cream cheese
2 cups milk
1/8 tsp black pepper

Chicken breasts

Cook and season chicken...cut into bit sized pieces. (Marinate chicken in Kim's marinade and grill... if you want to make this even more tasty! Simplify and boil or bake your chicken)  Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add cream cheese and garlic. Stir with wire whip until smooth. Add milk, a little at a time, whisking to smooth out lumps. Add parmesan cheese and pepper, whisk again. Remove from heat when sauce reaches desired consistency.May be thinned with milk as needed. Add chicken  and toss with pasta.

Kim's recipe

Spinach and Chicken Manicotti

1 8oz. pkg manicotti
2 chicken breasts cooked and finely shredded
2 cups whole milk ricotta cheese (1 container)
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup frozen spinach, thawed and chopped
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 32oz jar spaghetti sauce

Cook pasta. Drain and cool on waxed paper to prevent noodles from sticking together. In bowl, combine cheeses, spinach, chicken, salt and pepper. Fill manicotti with cheese mixture. (An easy method is to put mixture in a ziplock bag, cut corner, then pipe the filling into each noodle.) In a 9x13 pan, spread a thin layer of spaghetti sauce on the bottom, then arrange manicotti in a single layer. Cover the manicotti with the remaining sauce. Sprinkle on more cheese, if desired. Cover dish with aluminum foil and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Remove foil and bake for 15 minutes longer.

This feeds our family for 2 meals. All our kids will actually eat this!