Green Bean Chicken Alfredo Casserole

Recipe By: Food Storage and Beyond  
Serves: 6-8 people  

Ingredients:
1 lb penne pasta, cooked according to package directions
1 pint canned chicken
1 TBSP olive oil
3 tsp McCormick’s Grill Mates Montreal Chicken seasoning
1 (15-oz) can green beans, drained (or 1 1/2 cup fresh green beans)
1 (15-oz) can diced, seasoned tomatoes (whatever you favorite seasoned kind is), drained (or 2 fresh tomatoes, diced)
1 jar alfredo sauce
salt and pepper, to taste

Optional:
2 cups fresh grated Mozzarella or Parmesan cheese

Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 350º F.
2. Cook your pasta according to package directions.
3. While the pasta is cooking, drain and rinse your canned chicken.
4. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and add your chicken.
5. Sprinkle the grilled chicken seasoning over the chicken and saute for 1-2 minutes.
6. Remove from heat.
7. Drain the cooked pasta and transfer it into 9 x 13 baking dish.
8. Add the chicken, green beans and diced tomatoes into the dish and give it a stir to evenly distribute the ingredients.
9. Pour the alfredo sauce over the top and lightly mix it in (just enough to get the sauce settled into the pan).
10.Sprinkle salt and pepper over the top according to taste and then layer with the cheese (if using). 11. Bake, uncovered, for 15-20 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and all the ingredients are warmed through.

Green Smoothies

These healthy and delicious smoothies were served at our gardening class in January. The smoothies are loaded with leafy vegetables you can grow in your winter/early spring garden and fresh fruit to make all those veggies go down a little easier.

Serves: 10 cups
Start-to-Finish: 5-10 minutes
Recipe by: Green Smoothie Girl

Ingredients:
1 large leaf of collard greens
1 large leaf of swiss chard
1 large leaf of kale (or two medium leaves; these leaves can run a little small)
2 1/2 cups of crushed ice with water
2 handfuls of spinach

Directions:
1. Blend all ingredients together in a blender until smooth. (You should have about 5-6 cups at this point.)
2. To this mixture, add:

Ingredients:
3 TBSP flax seed oil
3 TBSP agave
1/4 lemon

Directions:
3. Blend until well incorporated.
4. Now add any fruit that you like until it fills your blender container:

Ingredients:
2 apples (slice in fourths, take out stem and seeds)
1 pear (slice in fourths, take out stem and seeds)
1 banana
Other fruit choices, whatever you have on hand. These can be fresh or frozen.
stawberries
blueberries
mango (peeled and see removed)
kiwi (peeled)

Directions:
5. Add a little bit of water until you get a consistency you like.
6. Blend for 1 1/2 minutes.