Quicky Chicken Florentine

Okay, this is another one from Life's On Fire: Cooking For The Rushed. I have to tell you, this is the cookbook that I pull out when I feel like I've been eating out too often. Her cookbooks are generally divided into weekly menus with shopping lists included. I think I've only once tried to follow a full week through but I've never made it a whole week. Not because of the food but because I prepared each recipe as written and, with only two of us, the leftovers do pile up.

I'm not going to try to replicate the way that she's got her page set up because she does this funky thing with columns so this will be a traditional format.

100 g frozen chopped spinach, thawed
1/2 tsp Mrs. Dash Original Seasoning (I've used grated nutmeg and a little salt as well)
4 large chicken breasts
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 c mayo
1/4 t garlic powder
1/8 t celery salt
1/2 T curry powder
1/2 c fine bread crumbs
3 1/2 T grated Parmesan
1 t dried parsley
1/2 T canola oil
Dried penne (as much as you care to make)

Set over to 375F. Squeeze the moisture from the spinach and sprinkle with spice. Cut each chicken breast almost completely in half and spoon some of the spinach into the slit. Place each piece into a 9"x9" baking dish.

In a bowl, mix soup, mayo, garlic powder, celery salt and curry powder and stir until smooth. Spoon the sauce equally over the top of the chicken.

In another bowl, mix bread crumbs, parmesan, parsley and oil together. Sprinkle over top of the chicken and sauce. Set the timer for 35 minutes.

Fill a large pot with water, cover and let stand on stove. When the timer rings for the chicken leave it in the oven but bring the water to a boil now. When the water is boiling, add the pasta and set the timer for 11 minutes. Drain the pasta when the timer goes off and take the chicken from the oven. The sauce is really good spooned over pasta. Throw some broccoli in the microwave and you're good to go.

Good part: tasty, tasty, fairly lean, spinach, tasty
Bad part: you have to handle raw chicken, not a big deal for me but I know that it oogs some people out.