Chicken and Cheese Pasta

I liked this recipe because it was pretty simple and was something new with ingredients that I had on hand, and the kids like. (Just don't tell them it has onions in it.) It is a keeper.

Chicken and Cheese Pasta
1 basic roast chicken                         1 small red onion, finely chopped
400g tortiglioni or rigatoni pasta         500g jar tomato pasta sauce
1 T olive oil                                       2 C grated mozzarella cheese
2 garlic cloves, crushed                     100g baby spinach leaves

Remove skin and meat from the chicken. Discard skin and bones. Roughly chop flesh.
Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Cook pasta in a large saucepan of boiling salt water, following packet instructions, until just tender. Drain. Return to saucepan.
Meanwhile, heat oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Add garlic and onion. Cook, stirring often, for 3 minutes or until tender. Add onion mixture, pasta sauce, chicken, 3/4 cups cheese and spinach to hot pasta. Season with salt and pepper. Toss gently until well combined. Spoon pasta mixture into a baking dish. Top with remaining cheese. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden and heated through. Serve.

Mo tips: I used egg noodles instead of the rigatoni (didn't have). I used boneless skinless chicken breasts for the chicken and not pre-cooked one from the store (I am too cheap). I used 2 chicken breasts. I also shredded the chicken and pulverized the onion (so the kids would eat it). I also mixed  about 1 1/2 cups of cheese into the mixture and a full bag or regular (not baby) spinach. Good luck with the grams. ;)