Remember last week when I briefly told you about the Cooking Planit App I have been using to help me around the kitchen? Well today I wanted to give you guys a more detailed review about what I love about the app, share the smoked mozzarella and chicken pasta recipe/cheesy garlic bread recipe (special thanks to those of you who took the time to vote), and remind you guys about the awesome #FormaggioChallege.
Last week I focused on
Cooking Planits new features, the Meal Creator and Scheduling (read
here if you missed it). Today I want to focus on some of my other favorite features: My Cookbook and Groceries.
I absolutely love that you can create your own personalized cookbook. You can either view your cookbook in alphabetical order or by the total time it will take you to complete a meal from prep to serving. Mixing and matching different dishes and creating new meals has never been this easy; I love that I don't make the same side dishes with the same meal every time. Although the meals I made last week contained a lot of carbs I didn't feel bloated and gross afterwards because every meal I made included fresh ingredients and were very filling (so I didn't overeat). Our family personally loved the Parmesan Panko Chicken, the Almond Crusted Chicken with Creole Sauce, and the Smoked Mozzarella and Chicken Pasta of course.
Prior to using
CookingPlanit I would have to sit down and write or type out my grocery list and once I had everything written down I would then organize it by grocery store aisle which took an hour out of my Sunday and Wednesday evenings. On top of that it would be a pain to open up my word document via email on my phone and manually delete each item as I put it in my shopping cart. The other half of the time I would bring a notepad and pencil and cross off each item.. not anymore.
The Cooking Planit app organizes my grocery list for me by grocery aisle and if I click on an item it lets me know which recipe calls for said item (LOVE this feature). After I check something off the grocery list it vanishes leaving my grocery list even easier to read and I love that it's all on my phone.
If you haven't already looked into the Cooking Planit app (
iPhone/
Android), I promise you will love it and it will make meal planning and eating healthier meals so much easier.
Now onto the recipes.. lets start with the Smoked Mozzarella and Chicken Pasta.
This recipe was beyond delicious and super easy to make with the Cooking Planit app. I decided to make Cheesy Garlic Bread and a Bleu Cheese Salad for the side dishes.
Formaggio Cheese generously provided all of my cheese products (thanks again Formaggio) which were top of the knotch! I highly recommend using Formaggio cheese.
Smoked Mozzarella and Chicken Pasta (recipe from
Cooking Planit) (4 servings)
Cheesy Garlic Bread (recipe from
Cooking Planit)
(4 servings)
The #FormaggioChallenge runs June 9-19th so start entering your cheese-centric recipes on Cooking Planit's facebook page
here. Remember 3 winners will will a Formaggio Cheese Basket ($100 value), A 5-piece Cheese Knife Set ($50 value) and have their recipe featured on Cooking Planit! Winners will be announced via Cooking Planit and Formaggio social media channels on June 27th.
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