Chicken Floretine Pasta

My Greek grandma made that doily, God rest her beautiful soul!

Anyway...

I found the recipe for this chicken florentine pasta in a little recipe book of casseroles that I bought at Wal-Mart. It turned out to be pretty good, despite my lack of cooking skills. I'm sure it would have been a lot better if I used homemade sauce. Here's the recipe, which I've tweaked a bit and added comments to, which is why it's so long.

CHICKEN FLORENTINE PASTA DISH

TIME: 15 minutes to prepare, 40 minutes to cook, 55 minutes total
# OF SERVINGS: A lot. Makes enough to fill a 13 x 9 inch dish.

INGREDIENTS

* One jar store-bought alfredo sauce
You can make your own if you want to. I haven't tried to make it homemade YET, but I hear it's pretty easy. If you ARE gonna use store-bought alfredo sauce, I would NOT recommend Ragu. It's not very appetizing. That's what I used and I really had to doctor it up. I searched store-bought alfredo sauces online and learned that a lot of people like the brand "Classico," so that's what I'm gonna try next.
*1/2 cup to 1 cup parmesan cheese
This is what I added to the alfredo sauce to make it taste better. It wasn't in the original recipe, but extra cheese never hurts!
*1 cup water
*3 cups frozen cut leaf spinach, thawed and well-drained
*1 can (about 14 oz) diced tomatoes
*1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast, cubed
*shredded mozzerella cheese (to put on top!)
*salt and pepper to taste, and any other spices you find tasty

DIRECTIONS

1.) Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
2.) Stir alfredo sauce, parmesan cheese, water, spinach, tomatoes, and chicken in a large baking dish (I used a glass 13 x 9 inch pan, then transferred it to a smaller casserole dish for easier storage). Don't be alarmed if this mixture looks... really gross, for a lack of better terms. When I saw it, I thought "oh wow, this isn't gonna be good..." But just hang in there.
3.) Cover  mixture with tin foil and bake for 20 minutes.
4.) Cook the pasta according to it's packages instructions and drain well.
5.) After your mixture has cooked for it's 20 minutes, uncover it and add the pasta to it. Stir, stir, stir.
6.) Now bake everything UNCOVERED for another 20 minutes.
7.) Take out of the oven and sprinkle with shredded mozzerella cheese.


Easy Peasy (Lemon Squeezy).