Dinners with David: Creamy Chicken Florentine Pasta

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free and lower in calories.

chicken breasts

🥗Healthier: turkey cutlets

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Turkey is leaner and thighs are more economical.

Boil water in a large pot and add salt.

Remove bones from chicken thighs by making small cuts close to the bone.

Stuff chicken thighs with spinach and grated Parmesan cheese, adding salt and black pepper inside.

Roll up the stuffed chicken thighs and season the outside with salt and pepper.

Once the water is boiling, add the pasta and a splash of olive oil.

Place the chicken thighs in a pan with the skin flap down and brown them, rotating to get all edges browned.

Prepare the sauce by mincing garlic and cooking it in a butter and oil mixture for 1 minute.

Add 32 oz of chicken broth to the pan and bring it to a boil.

Pour in heavy whipping cream, turn off the heat, and add grated Parmesan cheese, reserving some for topping.

Season the sauce with salt and pepper to taste.

Plate the pasta and pour some sauce over it.

Add the cooked chicken on top of the pasta and pour extra sauce over the chicken.

Garnish with Italian parsley and a lemon wedge.

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