ONE-POT CREAMY CAJUN CHICKEN PASTA

This was another successful one-pot meal. This one's from Budget Bytes. Things I did differently- I baked and shredded just one large 8.2 oz. boneless skinless chicken breast and added it last instead of cooking it with the pasta, I pureed the fire-roasted tomatoes before adding to the pot because I cannot abide chunks of tomato, and I left out the cream cheese. She said you could use cream in place of the cream cheese so I did, 1/2 c. added at the end. I only used a pinch of cayenne pepper and I left out the black pepper. My Barilla penne took 22 minutes to cook. I added a little frozen and thawed spinach at the end just for looks, really. I added some Parmesan cheese but I couldn't really taste it so I'll omit it next time. I liked her Cajun spice mixture though it doesn't taste anything like store-bought ones I've had.

I grade this an A. I think I'll use just 6 oz. of pasta next time but use the same amount of chicken broth, cream, and tomatoes.