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Tyson chicken bites mac and cheese with greens

This shelf holds one thing: a bag of frozen loaded mac and cheese that needs only minutes in a hot pan. Toss it with fresh greens and garlic to make a weeknight meal that rounds out what the bites already provide.

Serves 2. 18 minutes, 12 at the stove.

About 250 calories a serving, 16 g protein, 3 g carbohydrate, 19 g fat. From USDA figures for 100% of the ingredients; amounts are the recipe's.

You need

To buy

  • 4 ounces baby spinach or arugula

From your shelf

  • 1 bag Tyson fully cooked loaded chicken bites mac and cheese

Staples

  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • to taste salt
  • to taste pepper

  1. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Mince 2 cloves garlic and add to the oil, stirring until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
  2. Pour the entire bag of Tyson mac and cheese into the pan with the garlic. Stir and break up the block as it heats, cooking until the pasta is hot and the cheese is creamy, 5 to 7 minutes.
  3. Add 4 ounces baby spinach or arugula to the pan and toss until wilted, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve.

Note Swap the greens for broccoli florets or diced tomatoes. Leftovers keep three days in the refrigerator and reheat gently with a splash of water in a pan. Serve with a squeeze of lemon or hot sauce on the side.

On the label

Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts With Rib Meat, Pasteurized Process Cheddar Cheese [(milk, water, salt, cream, cheese culture, sodium phosphate, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, sorbic acid {preservative}, enzymes, lactic acid, color added), potato starch added to prevent caking, natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor)], Water, Cooked Pasta (water, durum wheat semolina, niacin, ferrous sulfate (iron), thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Cheddar Cheese Seasoning Blends [Cheddar Cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), modified corn starch, nonfat dry milk, dried whey, dried cream, butter (cream, salt), salt, sugar, less than 2% of buttermilk solids, lactic acid, guar gum, methylcellulose, natural flavors, yellow #5, yellow #6, soy lecithin, silicon dioxide (anti-caking)], Modified Food Starch, Salt, Sodium Phosphates. BREADED WITH: Wheat Flour, Water, Modified Wheat Starch, Salt, Rice Flour, Sugar, Yellow Corn Flour, Leavening (cream of tartar, sodium bicarbonate), Yeast Extract, Yeast, Extractives of Paprika and Turmeric, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Celery Seed, Extractives of Paprika. Breading Set in Vegetable Oil.

Tyson, meat/poultry/other animals prepared/processed, serving 90 GRM, package 10 LBR. Ingredients as printed on the label.

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