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This look has been circulating connected the Web for a fewer years. It seems similar a bully weeknight solution for engaged parents and for those who admit minimal room prep. The KidsPost assemblage could grip it easily, depending connected which add-ins are used.

You'll request a 7-cup (or larger) atom cooker, and you'll usage regular liquid and adust measuring cups for this recipe, not the measuring cupful that comes with astir atom cookers.

We tested this respective times and recovered that a spot much broth and a spot much attraction during the cooking volition forestall scorching connected the bottom. Even if it scorches, though, deliberation of it arsenic adding texture to the dish.

Serve with a salad.

Ingredients

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Servings: 4 Makes astir 6 cups

  • 8 ounces dried shaped pasta, specified arsenic cavatappi, fusilli oregon mini-farfalle
  • 2 cups homemade oregon no-salt-added chickenhearted oregon rootlike broth
  • 1 spoon kosher salt
  • 1 to 2 cups broccoli florets, carrot coins, cubed butternut squash oregon frozen peas
  • 1 cupful full milk
  • 1 1/2 cups two- oregon three-cheese blend, specified arsenic cheddar, mozzarella and Monterey Jack

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (using chickenhearted broth)

  • Calories

    420

  • Fat

    17 g

  • Saturated Fat

    10 g

  • Carbohydrates

    46 g

  • Sodium

    820 mg

  • Cholesterol

    55 mg

  • Protein

    21 g

  • Fiber

    3 g

  • Sugar

    5 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "Weelicious: One Family, One Meal," by Catherine McCord (William Morrow, 2012).

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published September 18, 2012

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Updated March 14, 2026

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