This yummy Italian spinach and chicken casserole is comfort food at its finest! Your family will love the taste and you'll love that it's made with 100% real ingredients.

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Cold weather season and casseroles go hand in hand around these parts. I’m convinced that a group of people decided to make casseroles the official cold weather meal of the Midwest just to get them through the long winter.

Our first snowflakes started falling on Halloween day this year. It was slightly disappointing especially with the unseasonably cool summer we had that came after the longest winter I can remember ever having. And I have lived here my entire life. But there is just something about a warm meal that is super comforting, and makes the days getting shorter a little more tolerable.

This yummy Italian spinach and chicken casserole is comfort food at its finest! Your family will love the taste and you'll love that it's made with 100% real ingredients.

This yummy Italian spinach and chicken casserole is comfort food at its finest! Your family will love the taste and you'll love that it's made with 100% real ingredients.

Around the first of October or so, I get a large batch of condensed cream of chicken soup into the freezer so that I can have quick jars on hand for casseroles without reaching for the MSG filled red cans of condensed soup. These are great “make ahead” dinners that can sit in the fridge unbaked for a day or so, and also make wonderful meals to bring to a new momma or friend in need.

I remember coming up with this Italian casserole idea when I needed to make a casserole for a new momma friend, but didn’t have the ingredients on hand for the classic chicken and broccoli casserole I usually make. I did have spinach around, and garlic makes everything amazing, so this one got dressed up Italian style, and Italian Spinach and Chicken Casserole has made our winter dinner rotation ever since.

This yummy Italian spinach and chicken casserole is comfort food at its finest! Your family will love the taste and you'll love that it's made with 100% real ingredients.

I use a small baking dish and this casserole feeds my family of 5 for one meal plus some leftover for my husband to take with him to work the next day. If you have a bigger crew to feed, or want more leftovers you can double the recipe and get it into a 9×13 baking dish.

This yummy Italian spinach and chicken casserole is comfort food at its finest! Your family will love the taste and you'll love that it's made with 100% real ingredients.

Italian Spinach and Chicken Casserole
4.67 from 6 votes

Italian Spinach and Chicken Casserole

I remember coming up with this Italian casserole idea when I needed to make a casserole for a new momma friend, but didn’t have the ingredients on hand for the classic chicken and broccoli casserole I usually make. I did have spinach around, and garlic makes everything amazing, so this one got dressed up Italian style, and Italian Spinach and Chicken Casserole has made our winter dinner rotation ever since.
Kristin Marr
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 15 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 5 People
Calories 2352 kcal

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Sauté the onion, carrot, and celery in the friendly fat with the sea salt, pepper, and Italian season for about 7-10 minutes.
  • Add the garlic and cook for a minute.
  • Put the cooked/seasoned veggies in a large mixing bowl along with the rest of the ingredients excluding the parmesan for the top, and combine.
  • Pour the casserole mixture into a small, buttered baking dish and sprinkle the parmesan cheese on top. At this point you can either bake it off, or cover it up and put it in the fridge to bake later or bring to a friend in need.
  • Bake, uncovered, at 375 degrees for 1 hour.

Nutrition

Calories: 2352kcalCarbohydrates: 168gProtein: 120gFat: 137gSaturated Fat: 71gCholesterol: 470mgSodium: 7730mgPotassium: 4085mgFiber: 19gSugar: 26gVitamin A: 50040IUVitamin C: 136.5mgCalcium: 1891mgIron: 21.1mg
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This yummy Italian spinach and chicken casserole is comfort food at its finest! Your family will love the taste and you'll love that it's made with 100% real ingredients.

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13 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    This was so tasty and so easy to put together! We will definitely add this to our meals and be sure to add it to our meal train ideas too!!

  2. I’m so craving spinach. It’s like those first flowers that push through the snow, heralds of good things to come. I shared your recipe in my April Real Food Meal Plan. Thanks for posting.

  3. 5 stars
    I’m beginning to change the way we eat, trying to cook from scratch and make it as nutritious as I can. Found this and made the broth, then made the condensed soup (got loads in the fridge! So yum!). Just tonight I put it all together and made this casserole. Everything was super easy and I had to check I didn’t forget anything. Thank you for posting this one. It was gold. Loved it!!!

    1. That’s awesome, Sarah!! You’re off to an amazing start. I’m so glad you loved the casserole. Be sure to add the recipe to your family’s favorite list to make healthy meal planning so much easier in the future. 🙂

  4. Casseroles are the best kind of winter-warmer foods and this recipe looks homey and comforting 🙂 Thank you for sharing the recipe, as well as the link to the condensed cream of chicken soup, I’ve pinned this recipe for when we have colder weather!