Last night we were out again at Bible School and so needed a meal that could be warmed up easily. I pulled out another Whats For Dinner recipe, this time the Cheesy Chicken Bacon and Spring Onion Pasta. Recipe as follows:

(Serves 4)

• 1 x 254g box of Knorr Three Cheese Mince Mate (couldn’t find this so I used Chicken Mate Lotsa Cheese)
• 15ml oil
• 300g chicken, cubed
• 200g bacon, diced (just by a packet of bacon bits)
• 800ml hot water (I used 200ml milk and 600ml water)
• 1 bunch spring onions (These are definitely needed)

In a large frying pan or pot, fry the bacon and chicken in the oil.

Add the sachet of seasoning mix, hot water and uncooked pasta and bring to the boil.

Reduce heat and simmer for 15-20 min, stirring occasionally. (It has a tendency to stick to the bottom of the pot)

Stir in chooped spring onions and serve.

hmm…. sounds yummy. Pasta is always a great comfort food, but seriously, the artificial cheese flavour! They never get that quite right.

I will definitely make this again, but will make my own cheese sauce with real cheese and a white sauce or something. The spring onion makes a huge difference in breaking the artificial cheese flavour and must be added right at the end so that it stays slightly crunchy.

The great thing about this was that I only dirtied one pot, cooked it before going off to Bible School and it took 5 minutes to warm up again on the stove. It also makes an easy lunch for the next day. Not a total waste, but definitely needs some tweaking! (no photos – too tired to remember last night)