Penne Pesto Chicken

I tried this recipe Monday night and we had the leftovers last night. It was a yummy, light pasta. I got the recipe from SIL, Amy. I changed the type of pasta to penne instead of angel hair. I just happened to have a box of penne pasta in the back of my pantry.

Penne Pesto Chicken

Ingredients:

Penne Pasta ½ to ¾ of a box

Knorr Pesto Sauce, Package - (Not the Creamy Pesto just the regular Pesto)

1 Package Tyson Grilled Chicken Strips (Precooked)

Fresh Garlic to taste, I use about 1 teaspoon

¼ tsp Dry Basil

¼ tsp Dry Thyme

¼ tsp Dry Rosemary

½ Cup Diced Roma Tomatoes

¼ Cup Chopped Fresh Spinach

2 Tablespoons of Olive Oil

Directions:

Follow cooking directions on Knorr Pesto Sauce Package.

In a medium skillet on medium to low heat, add in the Olive Oil, Garlic, spices and chicken.

Cook together until hot and the spices have blended together with the chicken, about 5 to 10 minutes.

Follow cooking directions for the Penne Pasta.

Once pasta is ready, drained and back in the pan, add the Roma Tomatoes, Chopped Spinach and Chicken then pour the sauce over all and toss together over low heat approx 2 to 3 minutes.

This recipe serves 4 people.

Tag: Q&A

Here are the rules:Step 1: respond and rework—answer the questions on your own blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own invention, add one more question of your own.Step 2: tag—eight other un-tagged people.

1. Make a list of things you can see without getting up: the t.v., and Nuts

2. What are you wearing now? my thermal argyle pj's

3. What’s the last thing you read/are currently reading? I'm currently reading Hissy Fit by Mary Kay Andrews courtesy of a book swap I just participated in.

4. Do you nap a lot? No, I usually wake up feeling worse than when I started. Although I can always nap on Sundays and feel great. Weird, right??

5. Who was the last person you hugged? The hubs. I always stand on my tip toes when we hug. That puts my face right at his neck.

6. What’s your current obsession/addiction? blogging, chocolate covered pretzels, online window shopping, painted fingernails (at least until mine start chipping.)

7. What was the last thing you said aloud? Stop licking. (me to Nuts)

8. What websites do you always visit when you go online?Blogger, Gmail, Jcrew, my bank

9. What was the last thing you bought? Sunglasses and a necklace at Tarjay

10. What are you listening to right now? Gossip Girl on t.v.

11. What is your favorite weather, and why? Nice spring weather: not too hot, not too cold and sunny and NOT windy. (Does that exist in this state?)

12. What time do you usually get up? Weekdays: 6:15; Weekends: 8 ish

13. What is your most challenging goal right now? Not shopping and saving money!

14. Say something to the person who tagged you: Quite Contrary: Thanks for thinking of me! I love reading your blog!

15. If you could have a house–totally paid for, fully furnished–anywhere in the world, where would you want it to be? I would say right where I'm at. I'm pretty happy here! Or maybe someplace that is warm and sunny all the time...

16. Favorite vacation spot? the beach

17. What is your favorite item of clothing? A black dress from Express that I have had for years. Its so versatile. And it has pockets! Skinny jeans, cardigans, v neck tees--my standard weekend outfit. Did it really just say item? I can't choose just one thing.

18. Name one thing you just can’t resist no matter how bad it is for you: FOOD! especially chocolate. I have no self-control!

19. Favorite pair of shoes you keep going back to over and over, even though your closet is overflowing with a zillion others: During winter - My Steve Madden Intyce boots and during spring/summer: peep toe heels or flip flops.

20. Name one thing you cannot live without: Internet!

21. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? At home with a baby or two!

I tag whoever wants to do this! :)

Its an Addiction

My Sunday School class had a Super Bowl party last night. I signed up to bring chips. Boring, I know but I couldn't commit to a dessert at the time. But as I was making my grocery list on Saturday a craving hit for chocolate covered pretzels. Side note: Chesley and I went grocery shopping together on Saturday. I never knew what a difference it makes going grocery shopping with a friend. I left Target feeling great. It didn't even feel like grocery shopping. I couldn't find an item on my list at Target so I decided to stop somewhere else and look for it. I never do this because I just hate stopping for one item after I just spent an hour or so grocery shopping. But I didn't mind this time because I didn't even feel like I had been grocery shopping. It did help that we were at Target so we spent a lot time browsing through the clothes and home goods.

Chesley was over Saturday for dinner so I recruited her to help me make the pretzel.

These things are addicting. I only ended up taking about half of what we made to the Super Bowl party. I just couldn't stop snacking on them!

My parents and sister stopped by Friday night. They were on their way to see my new nephew, Garret. My mom cleaned out her laundry room during the days she had off from school due to the ice and found one of my great grandma's aprons. She thought I would like to have it. Of course I was excited about it. I love aprons! I'm wearing it in the above pictures.