I think Chicken Spaghetti is a classic that almost all of us enjoy at one point or another in our childhood. While my mom claims to have made it a few times when I was a kid, I mostly remember trying it for the first time at my grandma’s house. Even though my grandma was the cook of the family, I’m still not sure if it was her or one of my aunts that made the chicken spaghetti.

If you are one of the unlucky few that never had chicken spaghetti, well you’re in for a treat today. Chicken Spaghetti is… pretty much what it sounds like. Chicken + spaghetti noodles. It’s not like classic spaghetti though. There’s no tomato spaghetti sauce involved here. Oh, no. No, no, no.

Instead of spaghetti sauce, chicken spaghetti is made using a mixture of soups and cheese to make the sauce instead. There’s a bit of a kick in there from the diced tomatoes and green chiles too. It’s subtle and even my picky mouth as a child enjoyed it.

To lighten this rather unkind dish up, I started off with the pasta. I grabbed a protein infused ‘ancient grain’ pasta for the spaghetti noodles. If I’m going to have pasta, I want it to be as guilt-free as possible. The next thing I did was chuck the canned soups and grabbed a couple of organic boxed soups instead. Everything as low-sodium as possible, or even ‘no salt added’!

This is a lightened up dish. It’s definitely something to enjoy when you’re indulging your cravings a bit but don’t want to completely go overboard. That’s what I like to do. Eat the things I want, but with a few more health conscious swaps.

If you deny yourself the things you want the most, you’ll likely end up making bigger mistakes later!

Nutritional Claims: Sugar Conscious • Egg Free • Peanut Free • Tree Nut Free • Soy Free • Fish Free • Shellfish Free • Pork Free • Red Meat Free • Crustacean Free • Celery Free • Mustard Free • Sesame Free • Lupine Free • Mollusk Free • Alcohol Free • No Sugar Added