Comments on: Chicken with Ziti and Broccoli

By: Lucy Gianfriddo

Lucy Gianfriddo — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:56:22 +0000

This is so great!!! I am enjoying all your recipes and will make many. My mom and pop came from Sicily and some of these dishes were at our table.

Thanks again!!

By: Chicken Pesto Pasta | Almost Italian

Chicken Pesto Pasta | Almost Italian — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:58:19 +0000

[...] And chicken breasts had the added attraction of their light color. It wasn’t long before Chicken, Ziti and Broccoli, like a distant cousin claiming kinship, managed to find its way onto menus in red sauce joints [...]

By: Skip

Skip — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:39:02 +0000

Thanks Jackie,

I too grew up eating pasta ‘ca broccoli, as my grandparents called it in their Sicilian dialects.

They liked their pasta al dente, but their vegetables well cooked. So I think if you cook the broccoli until it’s very tender and don’t skimp on the garlic, you’ll do fine.

Buon appetito,
Skip

By: Jackie Messineo

Jackie Messineo — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:16:25 +0000

This really brings back childhood memories! Macaroni and broccoli (without meat) was one of my favorite family dishes. I have not had it in many years…like a few other dishes my dad made (learned from his mom) I have not been able to make it as good as he did, so I gave up. Of course I was trying to make it by memory. It was made a little simpler than this recipe but with some of the same ingredients.
I will have to try your recipe, maybe I will be successful this time! Thanks for posting it and bringing back some happy memories!