I made both of these dishes last night. The Penne was pretty easy to make and is a great meal for summer since you don’t have to turn on your oven. I substituted canned chicken and that made it really easy. I didn’t use quite as much of the heavy cream, probably only 1/2 a cup and just added fresh parsley. This was really good and definitely a recipe I will add to my rotation!
On to the brownies! When I first glanced at the ingredient list I assumed it was for a big pan and was surprised it was just for a smaller square pan. I followed the directions for the brownies and while they were cooking I mixed up the frosting. I only made half the amount since I didn’t have enough powdered sugar. I was planning to try some maple extract in there in place of the coffee but the stuff I had was pretty much dried up so I had to skip that part. Since there wasn’t any extra liquid I just cut back on the powdered sugar a little and the constancy turned out great and the flavor was just chocolate. Very delicious though! My half batch of frosting thickley covered the brownies. I thought they were very good and rich! I think they would be great with some mocha flavoring too! I made some substitutions to make them gluten free so they turned out a little crumbly but not too bad. I do prefer the box taste to these cakey kind but they were really good…I might have to go back for some more right now:)
3 comments:
Oh wow! - frosted brownies with mint choc chip ice cream - YUM! Good, quick idea to use the canned chicken.
Seeing the pasta with the chicken really makes me want to try it now...and I definitely can't wait to try those brownies!
Hmmmmmmmm looks delish =;) I will have to wait to cook some of these recipes we are heading out to East Coast and July will be crazy so August is the month to catch up!!!
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