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Chicken Pesto Bake . . .as in Sparkpeople.com today

March 15, 2012 by Marla-Deen Brooks 2 Comments

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No, I’m not writing about eating meat, being “skinny fat” or the poor lives of these hairless cats, although all the above would make great topics . . . I just loved this and wanted to share it!!  

I’m sharing a recipe I made last night – a favorite in the home ever since someone brought it after one of the boys was born. I LOVED those days!  A great dinner just magically appeared complete with salad, some type of yummy comfort food and, of course, dessert!  The best!  This CHICKEN PESTO BAKE is always a hit but extrmely heavy on the whipping cream, butter and cheese.  I’ve lightened, and my family is none the wiser!  


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CHICKEN PESTO BAKE

http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp
Click here to see the page on Sparkpeople.com. and the  nutritional information. (It also looks a lot better than here where I’ve tried to “supercopy” it in here! This lightened version is only about 247 calories per serving!  You won’t miss a bit of the whipping cream, butter or cheese!  Promise!

A great make ahead dinner full of vegetables, a little cheese and plenty of protein. Freezes well.


Ingredients

    2 Cups Chicken breasts, cooked and diced
    1 Cup 
    Onion, chopped
    1 Cup mushrooms, sliced
    1 Cup zucchini, sliced
    1/2 Cup celery, chopped
    1 clove garlic, minced
    2 T Olive Oil
    1 14 oz can diced tomatoes
    1 T dried basil
    1/2 Tsp salt
    1/2 Tsp cracked black pepper
    16 oz whole wheat penne pasta
    3/4 Cup whipping cream
    3/4 Cup Skim Milk
    8 oz Monterey Jack cheese
    2 T Parmesan Cheese
    1 T pesto (or more to tasta)

Directions:  Saute in olive oil the onion, mushrooms, zucchini, celery and garlic until crisp tender. Add tomatoes, basil, salt and pepper. Cook and drain pasta. Combine everything in a large bowl and set aside. Cook whipping cream, milk, jack cheese and pesto over low heat until cheese melts, stirring. Pour over pasta mixture. Spoon into 9 x 13 casserole or 2 8 x 8 pans. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Bake covered 35 minutes at 350 degrees.
Serving Size: Makes 10 1 cup servings
Number of Servings: 10

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MARLADEEN1.

By the way, we are up to 32 Push Ups!  How are you doing??

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  1. Rose R says

    February 17, 2014 at 3:53 pm

    One of my family’s favorite dish. They would ask me to make this again and again. And because they love chicken, I make sure I use an antibiotic-free chicken for all of my chicken recipes. I particularly use Free Bird chicken. The meat is tender and juicy and healthy because it does not contain antibiotics.

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    • Marla-Deen says

      February 21, 2014 at 10:52 pm

      I know! Isn’t it great! I haven’t made it in a while- putting it on the menu this week!

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