Creamy Chicken and Pasta, Broccoli, Cauliflower

This chicken and pasta recipe is adapted from Kraft Food and Family Magazine. I had one more package of cream cheese in my fridge that I needed to use up, so I turned to this tasty pasta recipe.

8 oz pasta
3 T Italian dressing
2 chicken breasts, sliced very thin
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 c spaghetti sauce
1 T chopped fresh basil (or 1 t dried basil)
1/2 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese
1/4 c Parmesan cheese

broccoli florets
cauliflower florets

Cook pasta according to package directions**. Drain; return to pot. Meanwhile, heat dressing in a skillet over medium heat. Add chicken and garlic and cook 5 minutes. Turn chicken and cook a few minutes more, until cooked through. Reduce heat to medium-low and add spaghetti sauce, basil, and cream cheese. Stir for a few minutes, until cream cheese is melted. Add sauce to the pasta pot and stir to coat.

**Steam broccoli and cauliflower. Season with salt and pepper.


**To use one less pot in preparing this meal, cook pasta according to package directions but add broccoli and cauliflower to the cooking water for the last 3 minutes of cooking time. Drain and return the pasta/vegetable mixture to pot. Follow the rest of the directions as given, and you'll end up with an all-in-one meal in the end!