Creamy Herbed Noodles
Kids love creamy noodles, so this recipe couldn't be better. It only takes minutes to prepare in the morning to put into a heatproof container for warming in the school's microwave. Cream cheese comes in many different flavours so use your child's favourite.
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
| Nutritional Info | |
| Per serving: about | - |
| cal | 270 |
| pro | 10 g |
| total fat | 12 g |
| sat. fat | 7 g |
| carb | 29 g |
| fibre | 3 g |
| chol | 68 mg |
| sodium | 628 mg |
| % RDI: | - |
| calcium | 4% |
| iron | 10% |
| vit A | 19% |
| vit C | 40% |
| folate | 7% |
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2 cups (500 mL) chicken stock
1/4 tsp (1 mL) each salt and pepper
4 cups (1 L) curly medium egg noodles
1/2 cup (125 mL) herbed cream cheese
Half sweet red pepper, chopped
Preparation:
In saucepan, bring stock, 1-1/4 cups (300 mL) water, salt and pepper to boil; stir in noodles. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until tender but firm, about 5 minutes. Stir in cream cheese until melted. Stir in red pepper. Cover and let stand until sauce is thickened, about 5 minutes.
Tags:
Lunch; Pasta/Noodles; Cheese/Other Dairy; Vegetables; Boil/Simmer; For Kids;
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