Chicken alfredo woth broccoli. Costs $8 to make. Feeds 4 with a serving for leftovers.
The most expensive part was the sauce.
by interestingfactiod
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interestingfactiod
1 large chicken breast, diced
1/2 lb broccoli florets
Garlic, salt, pepper, oregano, and dried minced onion
1 jar of Prego alfredo sauce
1/8 cup of half and half (used at the very end to make the sauce go farther)
Edit: I realize I forgot to add how much penne I used. It was about a pound.
When I said the most expensive part was the sauce, I meant it.
PulledHangnail68
Doesn’t matter because it didn’t feed me
PinkMonorail
Alfredo is fettuccine noodles, butter and fresh Parmesan cheese.
No_Significance_8291
This is why people arnt having kids these days . This would feed myself and sons when they were toddlers …. Now they’re 14 and 15 and my 15 year old football player would eat this for breakfast and then some …. It gets harder as kids grow and their tummy’s grow . Ya know
InsolentKnave
should put some broccoli in it
Briarhoffner
Recipe calls for 1 large chicken breast and says there will be 5 servings (feeds 4 with 1 serving left over)
This looks delicious but I can pretty much eat 1 chicken breast by myself plus the pasta.
AweFoieGras
We should have a weekly like $1-$5 chopped thread where we post what deals we got for the week to cook a budget meal so others can get ideas or learn of different hacks. Like we share the recipe and ingredient list.
BlackwaterMerc
I live on my own, no roommates, no family, no visitors. I was working 2 jobs, 7 days a week until recently. At my 2nd job I mentioned this to a coworker and she said isn’t that lonely? It never even occurred to me until then and now it’s all I notice. Home cooking like this reminds me of my mom and living back with my family. I’m still trying to learn to cook more complicated dishes and calling my mom and sisters asking how to do certain things.
nimoenobody
If I have 5 people when does the serving for the 5th officially count as left overs
ThePeaceDoctot
When you say “feeds 4 with *a* serving of leftovers”, isn’t that just a longer way of saying “feeds 5”?
NotJenny44
Do you use frozen or fresh broccoli? Looks good but personally I might add a bit more. Yum though! I’m always wary of Alfredo sauce because I don’t cook a lot of pasta but now I want to try!
AccomplishedBake8351
Looks delicious and not a diss at all, but it always surprises me how little veggie servings you get from things like this. 1 serving is a bit over 5 oz for broccoli so if all 4 servings were split you’d end up with like .4 veggie servings per meal.
Good for sure for flavor and texture, but adding veggies to pastas, rice, ect. Can’t really get you *enough*.
Again tho, oooks delicious. Good work and thank you for sharing!
Willhezzy
I’m telling you right now, there wouldn’t have been leftovers if I was there 🫡
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I love this meal
D-utch
If my Grandmother had wheels, she would have been a bike.
exoxe
I make something similar with some cherry tomatoes, basil, and capers added in. If you use canned chunked chicken (i.e. the lazy route) it’s a quick and easy meal.
Smyles9
Thanks for reminding me about adding broccoli to pasta! I often add whatever remaining cherry/grape tomatoes I have on hand. For my next batch I’ll probably add all of my broccoli and tomatoes and I might even do chickpeas for some extra protein depending on how long they take. I’d at least double the chicken though because 1 breast for 5 servings doesn’t seem like much.
MoOnmadnessss
Jar Alfredo always tastes so bad to me but hey whatever works
18 Comments
1 large chicken breast, diced
1/2 lb broccoli florets
Garlic, salt, pepper, oregano, and dried minced onion
1 jar of Prego alfredo sauce
1/8 cup of half and half (used at the very end to make the sauce go farther)
Edit: I realize I forgot to add how much penne I used. It was about a pound.
When I said the most expensive part was the sauce, I meant it.
Doesn’t matter because it didn’t feed me
Alfredo is fettuccine noodles, butter and fresh Parmesan cheese.
This is why people arnt having kids these days . This would feed myself and sons when they were toddlers …. Now they’re 14 and 15 and my 15 year old football player would eat this for breakfast and then some ….
It gets harder as kids grow and their tummy’s grow .
Ya know
should put some broccoli in it
Recipe calls for 1 large chicken breast and says there will be 5 servings (feeds 4 with 1 serving left over)
This looks delicious but I can pretty much eat 1 chicken breast by myself plus the pasta.
We should have a weekly like $1-$5 chopped thread where we post what deals we got for the week to cook a budget meal so others can get ideas or learn of different hacks. Like we share the recipe and ingredient list.
I live on my own, no roommates, no family, no visitors. I was working 2 jobs, 7 days a week until recently. At my 2nd job I mentioned this to a coworker and she said isn’t that lonely? It never even occurred to me until then and now it’s all I notice. Home cooking like this reminds me of my mom and living back with my family. I’m still trying to learn to cook more complicated dishes and calling my mom and sisters asking how to do certain things.
If I have 5 people when does the serving for the 5th officially count as left overs
When you say “feeds 4 with *a* serving of leftovers”, isn’t that just a longer way of saying “feeds 5”?
Do you use frozen or fresh broccoli? Looks good but personally I might add a bit more. Yum though! I’m always wary of Alfredo sauce because I don’t cook a lot of pasta but now I want to try!
Looks delicious and not a diss at all, but it always surprises me how little veggie servings you get from things like this. 1 serving is a bit over 5 oz for broccoli so if all 4 servings were split you’d end up with like .4 veggie servings per meal.
Good for sure for flavor and texture, but adding veggies to pastas, rice, ect. Can’t really get you *enough*.
Again tho, oooks delicious. Good work and thank you for sharing!
I’m telling you right now, there wouldn’t have been leftovers if I was there 🫡
I love this meal
If my Grandmother had wheels, she would have been a bike.
I make something similar with some cherry tomatoes, basil, and capers added in. If you use canned chunked chicken (i.e. the lazy route) it’s a quick and easy meal.
Thanks for reminding me about adding broccoli to pasta! I often add whatever remaining cherry/grape tomatoes I have on hand. For my next batch I’ll probably add all of my broccoli and tomatoes and I might even do chickpeas for some extra protein depending on how long they take. I’d at least double the chicken though because 1 breast for 5 servings doesn’t seem like much.
Jar Alfredo always tastes so bad to me but hey whatever works