Chicken Pasta Pesto

This was dinner last night.

Chicken pasta pesto

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Pasta chicken pesto

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Chicken pesto pasta

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Pesto chicken pasta

or.......

It was delicious!

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

2 whole skinless chicken breasts roasted and shredded

2 ribs of celery-diced

1 box cooked penne pasta

one can of olives or fresh kalamata olives

1 bunch fresh basil- chopped

6-10 cherry tomatoes halved

1 can drained Garbanzo beans or White beans

2 cups of packed fresh spinach

salt and pepper

Sauce:

-1 cup of fresh pesto

(or Besto Pesto-this is a local pesto available at the farmer's market)

-juice and zest of one lemon

- 1/4 cup sour cream

-1/4 cup mayo

How To Make:

Combine sauce ingredients and set aside. Drizzle cooked pasta with a little olive oil,

add sauce, chicken and rest of ingredients, mix well. The hot pasta thins the sauce.

If the sauce is too thick you can thin it with a bit of pasta water.

Serve warm or cold.

Or make it Vegetarian to suit your taste.

Serving size: a big honkin bowl.