how can i make chicken and pasta exciting?

[MerlinsBeard]

DP and I having achingly dull pasta and chicken for tea tonight. its soooooo dull thougH! How can i make it more interesting? I have already cooked the chicken pieces and am not what u call adventurous in the kitchen.

garlic, cream/creme fraiche, peas

serve with pesto and craime fraiche and olives and crispy mushrooms

terrible spelling mistake i do know how to spell creme!

no you don't zippi, you just copied twig

oooh, sorry. have no creme fraiche, mushies have 'past their best' and pesto is ick (to coin a phrase of DPs!)

Thank you for quick replies thougH!

just looked in fridge and not much in tehre, looks like it will just be slices of carrot and peppers!

(should have looked really b4 i posted!)

got any cheese?

got any tomatoes?

got any garlic?

got any basil?

frozen veg?

what have you got?

crispy bacon and green beans? watercress?

spicy tomato sauce?

serve it naked

splash with tabasco!

got cheese, chopped tomatoes but no 'real' ones, got garlic, erm peppers (2 yellow,1 green,1 orange)
my cupbaords are bare
surely i have an onion around too
and some dried thyme, oregano and some spices too

pour a spirit over the chicken and set fire to it

also got green beans so will chuck some of those in.

will cook tha pasta in stock so it tastes different and just put loads of veggies in i think

thank you for ur inspiration

Cut the peppers into strips, put a little olive oil in a saucepan and cook the peppers with the garlic until soft. Serve with the pasta and chicken.

And don't tell me you've got no olive oil.

olive oil i can do

MOM- with all those things you can make an easy and tasty tomato based sauce. Chop onion, peppers, garlic, fry add can of tomatos, let reduce for at least 20 minutes on a low heat.

Mix with chicken pieces, pasta, top with cheese, bake in oven until melty?

fry onion (bacon if you have) add garlic and tin chopped tomatoes and basil.. add chicken pieces and simmer for about 20 minutes (splash worcester sauce)...add cooked pasta and green beans sprinkle on lots of cheese to serve

that should work .. and if it doesn't there's always the chippy..

bugger he beat me by 3 seconds

Why not cook your pasta, and fry your chicken stick it in an oven dish mix with chopped tomatoes, veg , and herbs etc and cover with cheese (mozzerella and normal if you have both) stick in the oven. Voila Pasta bake.

oops x posted alot there.

chippy not an option or we would have that...we are so skint. hence cupboards nearly empty till i get some moeny 2mo!

Thats why the dull meal too!!

I am not a complete and utter useless cook, i CAN follow a recipe! i just can't make things up!!