Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Penne with Peppers and Grilled Chicken

Thought I'd add to some recipes. I found this one and loved it!

Ingredients:

13.25 oz. Heartland Whole Wheat Penne
1/3 Cup extra virgin olive oil
1 Cup sweet onions, diced
4 cloves fresh garlic, minced
1 oz fresh basil, chopped (I just use dried since that's all I have)
1 Cup chicken, grilled and cut into strips
1 Cup roasted red peppers, diced
1/2 Cup chicken broth
1/4 Cup Parmesan cheese (optional)
Salt and cracked black pepper to taste

-Cook penne according to package directions
-Heat olive oil in a large skillet on medium heat; add onions and garlic; cook until onions are transparent.
-Add basil, chicken and red peppers
-Cook 2 more minutes
-Add chicken broth and hot penne to skillet and toss together until all the ingredients are evenly distributed.
-Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and season with salt and pepper as needed
-Serve immediately

Now I don't use as much olive oil as it says, just to cut back on the fat content and I use 99% fat free chicken broth. Erik and I really like this recipe and it's really good for lunch the next day. We also don't use the whole wheat penne. We found this other penne, made by Heartland, that's a multi-grain with omega-3 in it. It tastes like regular pasta but is still really healthy. I just didn't like the taste of the whole wheat pasta so this makes a great alternative.

1 comment:

rowdystroudy said...

this looks really good! We use the barilla plus for the omega 3 and protein too. I really don't mind whole wheat pasta, but this really does taste so much better.