This One Pot Creamy Mushroom, Chicken, Spinach Pasta is the perfect pasta for Valentine’s or just a meal prep for the week. Either way, it’s delicious, creamy, and easily made in one pot!
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An Easy One Pot Pasta Recipe
One thing I love to make are one pot pastas. They are so easy to prep and make and the one pot aspect makes doing dishes way easier. This year, for Valentine’s, I’m going to kill two birds with one stone. I’m going to do a meal prep and cook a Valentine’s dinner. Plus this chicken mushroom spinach pasta is the perfect chicken meal prep idea if you want to make extra to take to work with you!
To give the recipe a bit more of a Valentine’s vibe, I used bow tie (farfalle) pasta. There’s something about it just makes it look so cute and lovey dovey feeling to it. It does great with cream based sauces so I decided to make a creamy mushroom, spinach, and chicken pasta. While the recipe calls for a cup of cream, the potassium in the mushrooms, a zillion healthy benefits of spinach (zinc, fibre, vitamins, etc), and protein from the chicken balances out the cream in my books.
If you cannot find this pasta, an alternative would be gemilli or any smallish pasta, keeping on the cute vibe. But seriously, bow tie pasta are the cutest. Now sure if the mister will appreciate it but I sure do ;).
For this recipe, I used the Ballarini Treviso Ceramic Saute Pan. It was just deep enough to fit all the ingredients without being too deep that it made the cook uneven/needed constant stirring. This pan has Thermopoint (that little green dot up above) where it will turn red when the pan is hot enough to start cooking and goes back to green when it is cool enough to be safely washed, touched and moved to other surfaces. No more doing the temperature pat test for this girl.
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One Pot Creamy Mushroom, Chicken, Spinach Pasta + Giveaway
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1.5 lbs chicken breasts diced
- 1 yellow onion diced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 3 cups cremini mushrooms sliced
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
- 4 cups chicken broth (full container from Campbells)
- 0.75 cup cream 35%+
- 1 pound farfalle/bow tie pasta full box from Barilla
- 8 oz spinach full bag from Harvest Fresh
- Parmesan
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large pot or pan on medium-high heat.
- Add chicken and once it's done cooking through, set aside.
- Using the same pan, add the diced onion in.
- Once slightly cooked through, add in the garlic and mushroom.
- Add some salt and pepper for taste.
- Once everything is cooked, add in chicken broth and heavy cream before bringing it to a boil.
- Once boiled, lower the heat to medium and add the pasta.
- When the pasta is al dente, add the spinach and fold it into the pasta.
- Then add the chicken back into the pan and some parmesan.
- Top off with extra parmesan when serving.
Recipe Notes
Alternative: sub in kale or swiss chard instead of spinach
This recipe also packs well! Just make sure you’ve stirred it well so the sauce has evenly coated the pasta so you don’t go to work without enough sauce on your pasta!
So what do you think? Perfect for both Valentine’s and a weekly meal prep right? I just love how easy it in and how it all fit into one pan! I’m loving my Ballarini Treviso Ceramic Saute Pan so much right now and today, I’ve partnered up with Zwilling to giveaway one too! This pan retails for $145 and I’m excited to be giving one away! Enter down below. *Canadian entries only. Sorry!
QOTD: What are you making for Valentine’s? What’s your favourite Italian recipe?
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OMG! I NEED that pan! I kind of… destroyed mine this weekend. You know… got in a fight with my husband and needed to to smash something into the floor. Who would of thought a metal pan could bend in half like that? Ha ha!
So fingers crossed! This hot head needs a new pan!
I would do a carbonara and replace with prosciutto.
I love the idea of making the whole dish in one pot. I assume the recipe would work with gluten-free pasta as well.
I love one pot meals. Nothing better than a quick dinner, plus less dishes to clean afterwards!
So yeah, I’ll be making this ASAP.
Same! The dude ate 80% of it in a few days and I need more hahahaha
I am thinking I would take a run at making risotto. I got some truffle oil for Christmas and I have been looking for something to use it for.
I have run club on Valentine’s so my dinner will be lame, but I’ll get kitty snuggles, so that’s cool, too.
creamy pasta
I love one pot meal. As a busy mom, they are the best! I would make this with tofu instead of chicken.
I would make a chicken alfredo
I would certainly make this for the rest of my family who are chicken eaters. Looks like an easy weeknight meal
I love a good pasta!
I am so disappointed I can’t register to win that pan, if only I were Canadian 😉 This recipe looks amazing too!
Creamy mushroom pasta is always one of my go-to’s when we go out to eat! I know it has a ton of cream, but it’s just one of those yummy comfort foods! I can’t wait to try this recipe at home, and I love that it includes spinach too!
I love one pot meals but I agree the key is getting the right pot.
Yum! I would make spaghetti with Bolognese sauce.
one pot type meals are the best!!! i would totally make these for valentines day..
OMG this looks sooo good! I love creamy pastas, and love them even more when they involve mushrooms
The easier, the quicker, the yummier, the better! Love one pots for the easy cleanup. And bowtie pasta is just so cute!
I would make an Italian chicken and vegetable skillet dinner. 🙂
I love one-pot recipes! Looks delicious!
I love one-pot pastas – this looks like a great pan for that!
This looks really good. It reminds me of a healthy update to stroganoff!
Ohhh how I love some pasta and mushrooms. That cream sauce looks legit too! What a great simple dinner.
I would make sun dried tomato chicken florentine pasta.
Love this dish. Looks so simple, fresh and delicious!
Oh my gosh, LOOOOVE this! That sauce looks perfect, and those mushrooms? Swoon. Need to try this soon!
My family would love this.I would love it too minus the chicken. Extra mushrooms!
I would make a YUMMIE Italian stuffed chicken!! Thanks!
This looks great! I would make a bolognese sauce with penne.
I’d make homemade pasta sauce and meatballs.
I would make this one: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/171442/italian-chicken-skillet/
I am not sure what Italian meal my son would make, but I know he would love this pot. Thanks.
I would probably do a pasta as well, a cream sauce with mushrooms, tomatoes and corn.
I would make a chicken alfredo
i would give this over to my sister so that she can do her magic 🙂
I’d make spaghetti and meatballs
Your dish looks beautiful and so pretty with the bows! I think I would make a skillet lasagna dish where everything is in one pan. It is like a messy lasagne dish but with cottage cheese spooned on top in dollops and then sprinkled with parmesan. An easy 30 minute meal that goes right to the table in the pan, much like yours. Beautiful pan and thank you so much for the awesome giveaway and chance to win!
I’d make a pasta
The pasta looks really good. I might try a chicken piccata with that pan though! Here’s hoping I get the chance!
i’d make carbonara
I would probably make cheesy chicken alfredo!
I am going to pick up the ingredients and make this recipe. Cannot print now it cause I am out of ink. That is a fantastic frying pan. I would love to throw all mine out and start fresh with that.
I would make shrimp pasta alfredo
I would make orecchiette pasta with chicken sausage and broccoli.
I would make a browned butter pasta with asparagus.
I’d make spaghetti with homemade tomato sauce.
I would make pasta for sure.
Lazy man’s lasagna! Break up lasagna noodles, tomato sauce, ground beef, mushrooms, shredded mozzarella, and onions!
I would make Italian spaghetti bolognese.
I do love my pasta but maybe I’d saute some salmon with lemon.
I would make penne a la vodka!
i would make a seafood fettuccine in this pan.
Maybe a risotto – mushroom. Yum!
It would be a great pan for making veal scallopini
I would make my favourite recipe: Creamy Garlic Bacon Penne.
warm eggplant pasta salad – so tasty and a one pan wonder that could use a new pan!
I would try to make a chicken fettuccine Alfredo receipe..
I would make a yummy Rigatoni Bolognese.
I would make a basic pasta!
I would try a mushroom risotto!!! One pot meals are the best!!!
Sweet pan! For my family I would make a Mexican one-pot Beef Taco Pasta!
I would make veal scallopini in this pan.
I would probably make Chicken Milano! Yum!! 🙂
I’d love to make a chicken fettuccine dish.
mmm I would love to make a stuffed chicken and shell alfredo meal. great dinner ideas in the comments 🙂
This recipe is ideal for me! A one pot chicken piccata with pasta dish would work great with this pan too.
I would make a one pot pasta!
i want to make ravioli
I would make spaghetti and meatballs! YUM!
I would make chicken tortellini with white sauce. My kids favourite pasta dish aside from spaghetti.