Healthy Creamy Chicken Pesto W/pasta For One

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1/3 cup plain low-fat yogurt
• 1/2 tablespoon pesto sauce, homemade or store-bought
• 2 ounces sliced mushrooms or 2 ounces cremini mushrooms (1/4 of a package of presliced works well)
• 4 ounces boneless skinless chicken breasts, about 1/2 of one breast,cut into strips or chunks
• 1/2 cup pasta or 1/2 cup farfalle pasta or 1/2 cup penne, uncooked
• fresh ground black pepper
• red pepper flakes (optional)
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped tomato (approx. one tomato slice)
• fresh basil (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 boil water for pasta, cook according to package directions, removing from heat when al dente.
• 2 drain.
• 3 in a small bowl, combine yoghurt and pesto, stir well to combine.
• 4 set aside.
• 5 in non-stick skillet, over medium to medium-high heat, cook mushrooms just until tender.
• 6 i don't use oil, you may prefer a little oil or butter.
• 7 spoon cooked mushrooms into bowl with pesto mixture.
• 8 in same skillet, cook chicken until done (again, i don't use oil).
• 9 leave in pan, but remove from heat.
• 10 add pesto mixture with mushrooms and add drained pasta to chicken in pan.
• 11 mix well.
• 12 taste for seasoning, add fresh ground pepper and red pepper flakes, if desired.
• 13 spoon into serving bowl, garnish with tomato and fresh basil.
• 14 this can easily be doubled or quadrupled.