it's pasta with homemade pesto... it has lots of yummy stuff in it - chicken breast, chicken sausage, asparagus, mushrooms (sometimes), and zucchini. the chicken sausage that i like to use is this one from trader joe's that has spinach and fontina cheese in it. (i wouldn't recommend the sausage otherwise though - we tried bbqing it and it was nasty and the fontina cheese smelled awful!)
i slice the veggies and sausage, and cut the chicken into bite-size chunks and the sautee it all in a large pan. while it's cooking and the pasta is boiling i get the pesto going. pesto is pretty easy... i usually use a blender because it seems to make it more sauce-like than a food processor. i just dump in lots of basil with some olive oil and toasted pine nuts, and then i add some romano cheese. throw in a little salt and pepper and then add more of whichever ingredients are needed based on taste.
i like to throw all the pasta and pesto into the pan with the sauteed veggies and mix it all up with tongs and then serve it with a little of the romano shaved on top.
i kinda forgot to take pictures until it was already leftovers in a tupperware but here it is... looks yummy right??
i cooked this for a boy recently and i think he was impressed (or at least he pretended to be) :)
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