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How to Make Super Quick Homemade Merlot Penne and Chicken

 ·  ☕ 5 min read  ·  ✍️ Ronnie Quinn

Merlot Penne and Chicken

Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, merlot penne and chicken. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Slice chicken breast and cook in a skillet over medium heat until done. Chicken works well in both cheesy lasagna with white sauce and a rich lasagna with garlicky red sauce. In a red-sauce lasagna with dark-meat chicken, ignore the old adage of pairing poultry with white wine. Only a Syrah or Merlot can fully complement the complex flavors of dark-meat chicken.

Merlot Penne and Chicken is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Merlot Penne and Chicken is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook merlot penne and chicken using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Merlot Penne and Chicken:
  1. Prepare 1 sliced chicken breast
  2. Take 1 bottle marinara sauce
  3. Get 1 box large penne noodles
  4. Prepare 1 box small penne noodles
  5. Get 1 bottle Merlot wine
  6. Make ready 1 cup olive oil
  7. Take 1 cup water
  8. Take 1/2 cup diced cilantro

This refreshing, aromatic white wine has a rich, sweet, and spicy overtone to it, and pairs well with spicy chicken dishes, like hot chicken drumsticks, etc. Pinot Gris also goes well with Thai green chicken curries, Indian gravies, etc. Its slightly sweet opulence and freshness complement the spiciness of the dishes. Merlot is a lush red wine with plum, caramel and black cherry flavorings.

Instructions to make Merlot Penne and Chicken:
  1. Slice chicken breast and cook in a skillet over medium heat until done. Lightly drop 1/4 cup of diced cilantro over chicken while cooking.
  2. Add 1 cup water ,1 cup olive oil, 3/4 bottle of Merlot in a Dutch oven, and heat until boiling. Add both large and small penne and cook until done
  3. After chicken is cooked, place in a food chopper and chop until chicken is very fine
  4. Place 1 bottle of marinara sauce in a large sauce pan over medium heat adding in chopped chicken, 1/4 cup cilantro, and rest of merlot. Stir in and warm until hot.
  5. After penne is done drain into colander and lightly rinse
  6. Serve penne with desired amount of sauce into a bowl mix and enjoy.

Its slightly sweet opulence and freshness complement the spiciness of the dishes. Merlot is a lush red wine with plum, caramel and black cherry flavorings. Many varieties of Merlot lend themselves to delicious food pairings. Cabernet-style Merlots go well with grilled or charred meats, much like cabernets, making them a good pairing for chicken parmigiana, especially if the chicken is grilled before being used in the dish. A sommelier explains which everyday wines go best with your favorite Italian dishes—from pizza to penne and from scampi to scaloppine!

Foods That Make Your Mood Better

In general, people have been trained to think that “comfort” foods are terrible for the body and have to be avoided. At times, if your comfort food is essentially candy or other junk foods, this holds true. Otherwise, comfort foods may be super nutritious and good for you. There are several foods that, when you eat them, could boost your mood. If you feel a little bit down and you’re needing an emotional pick me up, try a number of these.

Eggs, believe it or not, can be truly terrific at beating back depression. Just be sure that you don’t get rid of the yolk. When you would like to cheer yourself up, the yolk is the most crucial part of the egg. Eggs, the yolks in particular, are high in B vitamins. These B vitamins are fantastic for helping to improve your mood. This is because they help your neural transmitters–the parts of your brain that dictate your mood–function better. Try eating a couple of eggs to jolly up!

Make a trail mix out of seeds and/or nuts. Your mood can be raised by consuming peanuts, almonds, cashews, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, and so on. This is because seeds and nuts have lots of magnesium which raises your brain’s serotonin levels. Serotonin is a feel-good substance that directs the brain how to feel at any given point in time. The more serotonin you have, the happier you are going to feel. Nuts, in addition to improving your mood, can be a super source of protein.

If you want to beat depression, try consuming some cold water fish. Salmon, herring, tuna fish, mackerel, trout, etcetera, they’re all loaded with omega-3 fatty acids and DHA. These are two substances that promote the quality and function of the grey matter in your brain. It’s true: consuming a tuna fish sandwich can actually help you overcome depression.

Grains can be wonderful for overcoming a terrible mood. Quinoa, barley, teff, millet, etc are all wonderful for helping you feel happier. These foods fill you up better and that can help you with your moods as well. Feeling hungry can be awful! These grains can elevate your mood as it’s not at all difficult for your body to digest them. These foods are easier to digest than others which helps jumpstart a rise in your glucose levels which in turn takes your mood to a happier place.

Green tea is really good for your mood. You were sure it had to be mentioned in this article, right? Green tea is loaded with a particular amino acid referred to as L-theanine. Studies have shown that this amino acid actually induces brain waves. This helps raise your mental focus while calming the rest of your body. You probably already knew it is not difficult to become healthy when you consume green tea. Now you know that green tea can elevate your mood as well!

As you can see, you don’t need junk food or foods that are bad for you just so to feel better! Try a couple of of these suggestions instead.

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