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Mom's creamy Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo has been a family favorite for years. Classic Chicken Alfredo is a feel good comfort food - so creamy but light!

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Mom learned how to make this "Pollo Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo" in culinary school. She made it for us when we were kids and we were crazy about it. Now I make the same alfredo recipe for my family. It's one of my favorite comfort foods. Watch the video tutorial and learn how to make chicken alfredo.

Chicken Fettuccini Alfredo

Ingredients for Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo:
We usually use chicken breast but chicken tenders would work well if that is what you have on hand. Fettuccini is the pasta of choice here but we've been known to swap with angel hair or vermicelli. You can use a variety of pastas. P.S. sometimes we sneak in the full pound of pasta when feeding a crowd.
Substitute for Half and Half?
This recipe calls for half and half, but you can substitute with equal parts of milk and heavy whipping cream. The half and half thickens as it simmers and even more as it rests. If you prefer a creamier or thicker sauce, you can use heavy whipping cream instead.
How to Make Chicken Alfredo (Video below):

1. Cook fettuccini in a large pot of salted water (4 qts water with 1 Tbsp salt,) according to package instructions then drain and set aside.

2. Meanwhile, thinly slice chicken breast into strips and season all over with salt and pepper. In a large, deep skillet, heat 2 Tbsp olive oil over medium/high heat and saute chicken until light golden and cooked through (5 min). Remove chicken from the pan and cover to keep warm.

3. In the same pan over medium/high, add 1 Tbsp olive oil and 1 Tbsp butter. Add onion and sauté 3 minutes until soft. Add sliced mushrooms and sauté until soft (5-7 min), stirring frequently. Add garlic and sauté another 30 seconds until fragrant, stirring constantly.

4. Add half-n-half and simmer over medium/high heat 8-10 min, or until just beginning to thicken. Add chicken back to pan, along with 1/4 cup parsley and season sauce to taste (1/2 to 1 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper).

5. Add cooked pasta and stir to combine. Heat another minute until warmed through then turn off the heat, cover and let pasta rest 10-15 minutes then stir to combine and serve garnished with more parsley.

After the pasta rests, you will have a creamy but light Alfredo sauce that coats the noodles perfectly.

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This is definitely a feel good chicken fettuccini alfredo. It's so creamy and satisfying, but light! Since it isn't heavy-cream based, it fills you up without the guilt 🙂 I can't even count how many times my Mom made this growing up. I hope this becomes a go-to pasta recipe for you as well!

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Mom's Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo - Natasha's Kitchen

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Mom's creamy Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo has been a family favorite for years. Classic Chicken Alfredo is a feel good comfort food - so creamy but light! This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy. Mom learned how to make this "Pollo Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo" in culinary school.

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My family loves something quick and easy on a busy night so this would be perfect

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One Pan Honey Lemon Chicken Asparagus is THE ultimate sheet pan meal, perfect for meal preps or for lunch and dinner!

This One Pan Honey Lemon Chicken is so easy to prepare, its a matter of throwing everything onto a baking sheet and letting the oven do the work for you!

Sheet Pan Chicken

There's nothing better than only washing one pan! Honey Lemon Chicken is a family favourite, just like this Honey Lemon Garlic Chicken. We'll cook any piece of chicken with Honey Lemon flavours. So, I wanted to turn that chicken recipe into a beautiful sheet pan meal; one lower in fat and perfect for meal preps to keep our New Years resolutions in tact.

The perfect flavour combination = Honey > Lemon > Garlic > Soy. Combined with the dietary benefits of asparagus.

Some Tips:

Use room temperature chicken where possible! They will cook more evenly than refrigerated or cold chicken breasts

You can substitute chicken thighs if you don't like breasts

Don't like asparagus? Replace them with green beans, broccoli, zucchini, or cauliflower!

Serve with potatoes or rice. Use the sauce in the pan to drizzle over your chosen side dish

WATCH US MAKE IT RIGHT HERE!

Arrange oven shelf to the middle of your oven. Preheat oven 200°C | 400°F. Line a baking sheet with foil or parchment paper and spray with nonstick cooking oil spray. Arrange chicken on the sheet and season with salt; set aside.

Combine together the lemon juice, honey, soy sauce, garlic, half of the parsley, salt and pepper. Pour three quarters of the honey lemon mixture over the chicken. Arrange the lemon slices over the top. Season with extra salt and pepper, if desired.

Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through. Uncover, arrange the asparagus around the chicken. Pour the remaining honey lemon mixture over the asparagus; season the asparagus with salt and pepper. Return to the oven to grill or broil until the chicken is golden and the asparagus is cooked. Garnish with the remaining parsley.

Serve with a side of rice or potatoes.

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One Pan Honey Lemon Chicken Asparagus - Cafe Delites

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This One Pan Honey Lemon Chicken is so easy to prepare, its a matter of throwing everything onto a baking sheet and letting the oven do the work for you! There's nothing better than only washing one pan! Honey Lemon Chicken is a family favourite, just like this Honey Lemon Garlic Chicken.

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My mom and me make something like this every once in awhile and we are more of a chicken than beef family

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1. Position a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 425 degrees F. Toss the potatoes with 1 tablespoon olive oil, the cumin seeds, 3/4 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste. Spread in a large baking dish and roast until the potatoes begin to brown, 25 to 30 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until lightly golden, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the brown sugar, lemon juice and red pepper flakes. Remove the baking dish from the oven, push the potatoes to the sides and arrange the chicken breasts in the middle. Season the chicken with salt and drizzle with the garlic mixture. Return to the oven and bake until the chicken is cooked through and the potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes.

3. Remove from the oven; transfer the chicken to a cutting board and slice. Add the cilantro to the baking dish and toss with the potatoes. Serve the chicken with the potatoes and lemon wedges. Drizzle with the pan juices.

Photograph by Christopher Testani

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Position a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 425 degrees F. Toss the potatoes with 1 tablespoon olive oil, the cumin seeds, 3/4 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste. Spread in a large baking dish and roast until the potatoes begin to brown, 25 to 30 minutes.

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I picked this recipe to make it simple because we all have our busy nights but this is quick and easy

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Family dinner has already entered a dystopian Black Mirror phase for many families. Parents and children skulk into the kitchen to attain their bowl of nourishment. They then retreat to chew thoughtlessly in front of the glowing screen of their choice, with nary a grunt passing between them. Really, the only thing that's missing is some psychotic twist, like the fact they're all eating genetically modified, processed Jon Hamms.

The shame of this is that when a family eats dinner together, sans tech, they experience some awesome outcomes. But what exactly are the benefits of family dinner at home?

The Science Of Eating Together

Of all the things you'd think researchers would put their minds to, family dinner ranks down there with "how to make farts smell better." But it turns out there are some striking benefits to the increasingly lost art of group gustation. Here's what eating at home as a family can do for everyone:

Developmental Boosts

For the littlest family members, sharing a dinner at the table with parents does several awesome things. First, it helps promote language skills as you talk with them, and your partner, about the day. It also helps them develop patience and dexterity through the use of utensils. And it helps them develop social skills that include manners and taking turns. All of that while they blissfully paint your walls with mac and cheese.

Improved Mental Health

One study, published in the journal Pediatrics, found that kids who regularly enjoyed family meals were less likely to experience symptoms of depression and less likely to get into drug use. Nobody every said, "please pass the joint" at the dinner table - although it would be a lot cooler if they did.

Bonded Families

Research also suggests that when a family eats together they feel a strong bond with one another. Everyone leads disconnected lives at work and school, and this time allows them to reconnect . And you'll also be able to keep tabs on your kids' lives. So when Ricky tells Tina that Julie said Tommy was going to ask Rebecca to be his girlfriend, you'll damn well know about it.

Better Grades

The National Center On Addiction And Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) has done a series of studies on the importance of family meals. One showed that kids who eat with their family less than 3 times a week were twice as likely to report receiving Cs or worse in school. Kids who ate with family 5 to 7 times per week did much better, reporting mostly As and Bs. Either your lasagna is genius fuel, or dinnertime the perfect time to make sure they've done their homework.

Physical Health

Families that eat together make better food choices. One study from Stanford University reported that kids who eat family dinners are less likely to grub on fried food and saturated fats, while seeking out stuff like fruits and veggies.

Additionally, research from the American Society For Nutrition found that young children who ate at home with their families had a lower body-mass index than kids who did not. That's most likely due to the fact that home cooking is healthier than restaurant meals, which boast larger portion sizes and higher calorie counts. You've been called out fried chicken taco shell.

Increased Savings

If you're not into health or family, consider that eating home-cooked meals is also cheaper. A sample estimate finds that a family of 4 could save nearly $40 a week, per person, by simply shifting meals into the house. You'll be saving money while your kid is getting Bs and not picking up a drug habit. That's a win all around.

But the best part about getting together for dinner is that it becomes ingrained in a family's tradition if you start the habit early. While eating with a little kid may feel chaotic and not very beneficial, know that every dinner at the table removes you even further from a dystopian hellscape. And that can only be a good thing.

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6 Reasons Your Need To Get Your Kids To The Dinner Table

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I think family meal time affected me the most because I don't think I would be able to have a conversation with someone if those skills hadn't been developed during my family meal time

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Sometimes it's daunting to get the whole family sitting down for dinner at the same time. Back when my kids were toddlers and preschoolers, sitting down for family dinner had different challenges than today. They were squirmy, pickier eaters, and their appetites kicked in well before our usual dinnertime of 7:00 (when my husband could join us). Today we have different hurdles: the kids' sports practices often don't get them home until 7:30 or 8, and sometimes they have hours of homework to complete before bed.

Too often, in addition to the kids' busy evening schedules, my own cooking schedule is disrupted by driving the kids to activities (although we carpool as much as possible to save time and reduce traffic and pollution). I found I needed to devise a cooking strategy that gets family dinner on the table even if I'm not home from 5:30 to 7:30 (Hasn't anyone invented an "app" for that yet?).

Recently I surveyed Scramblers on our Facebook page about what some of YOUR biggest challenges are to getting your family dinner on the table, and the results are listed below. Here are a few strategies we have developed over the years to make sure we can still eat a meal together most days of the week:

Challenge: Kids get too hungry before dinnertime.
Solutions: 1) Put out a platter of cut fruits and vegetables before dinner to placate hunger; 2) If you've made dinner earlier, let the kids snack on part of dinner.

Challenge: Kids need to eat early so they have energy for late activities.
Solution: Have kids eat a healthy and hearty snack before late practices (or let them snack on dinner if you've already made it). Even if they don't eat much at dinnertime (and sometimes they are famished again) we are still sharing that family time.

Challenge: Family cook is also family chauffeur.
Solutions: 1) Cook and/or prep (and certainly plan and shop!) ahead; 2) Double recipes and stock the freezer; 3) Incorporate the slow cooker into your weekly routine.

Challenge: Kids need attention/need to be supervised during prime dinner prep time.
Solutions: 1) Recruit the kids as sous chefs to help you make dinner; 2) Have a drawer of fun cooking tools and stickers, etc., that they can play with while you cook (or if they are older have a homework station near the kitchen); 3) Cook an extra meal or two on the weekends to serve during the week.

Challenge: One parent simply cannot get home in time for dinner.
Solution: Make Sunday nights family dinner night and/or make breakfast your family meal.

No matter the challenge, we are determined to sit down to dinner together nearly every night. It is usually the only stress-free time the four of us can share during the busy weekdays; and it's about the only time I can be certain the family is eating a healthy home-cooked meal.

Here's an easy family dinner recipe to get you started: Crispy Vegetable Tacos with Mango, Avocado and Pistachio Salad.

I'm always looking for new ideas to help families reduce their dinnertime stress and remove obstacles that get in the way of family dinners. Do you have other challenges or solutions to share? Please send them my way at jessicab@thescramble.com, by commenting below, or on our Facebook page. I look forward to conquering them together!

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Family Dinner: Let Nothing -- Not Even Carpools -- Stand in its Way! Solutions to the 5 Biggest Family Dinner Obstacles

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Sometimes it's daunting to get the whole family sitting down for dinner at the same time. Back when my kids were toddlers and preschoolers, sitting down for family dinner had different challenges than today. They were squirmy, pickier eaters, and their appetites kicked in well before our usual dinnertime of 7:00 (when my husband could join us).

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The dinner I chose to make was the baked chicken with red potatoes dinner