Another Rediscovered Recipe, Chicken Lasagna Alfredo

Last week while I was looking through some old cookbooks and found my lost chicken chili recipe, I also rediscovered this chicken lasagna recipe.  Both were in a Pampered Chef cookbook.  Finding this lasagna recipe was really great timing for me since we were having a big birthday party at our house on Saturday.  I was already planning to make traditional lasagna, so what the heck, why not make a chicken lasagna, too?

Well, the lasagna was a huge success!  The entire pan was gone!  I was a little sad about this because I was hoping for at least one leftover piece for lunch…but oh well.  The party was a success as well, but  I can’t believe my “little” Nicole is going to be 22 and my “little” Alex is going to be 17.  They grow up so fast.

This lasagna is actually pretty easy to make.  I did make a couple of changes from the original recipe, though.  The original calls for a jar of alfredo sauce, but I made my own (you certainly could use a 16 oz jar if you wanted).  It also called for a can of artichoke hearts (which I think would be delicious), but my family isn’t crazy about them, so I put in zucchini instead.  For the cooked chicken, you can certainly use a rotisserie chicken to make things easier.

• 6 no-boil lasagna noodles (I used Trader Joe’s, but Barilla also makes them)
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp flour
• 2 1/4 cups milk, divided (I used 1%)
• a pinch of nutmeg (I used freshly grated)
• about 3 oz of shredded 3 cheese Italian (mine was a combo of parmesan, asiago and romano)
• salt and pepper (go easy on the salt since the cheese is fairly salty)
• 1 tsp dried oregano leaves
• 3 cups coursely chopped cooked chicken
• 1/2 cup zucchini, chopped
• 1/2 cup red bell pepper, chopped
• 1/4 cup red onion, finely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 cups shredded mozzarella (I used reduced fat)
• 4 oz crumbled feta cheese (I used reduced fat)
• 2 cups packed fresh baby spinach

In a large bowl, thoroughly combine chicken, zucchini, red pepper, onion, garlic and  mozzarella and feta cheeses

In a smaller bowl, combine sauce with remaining 1/4 cup milk and oregano.

To assemble lasagna, spread 2/3 cup of the alfredo sauce mixture in the bottom of a 9 x 13 pan.

Layer half of the spinach leaves over noodles.

Repeat layers, starting with half the remaining sauce spread over the chicken mixture, then noodles, spinach, chicken mixture and remaining sauce.

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