Tonight I just whipped up something I had some ingredients for, so I ended up making Chicken Pesto with tomatoes and pasta! It was pretty easy and a delicious combo. (My family is very Italian, so I love some Italian food!) 


Chicken Pesto: makes two servings  
5 tbsp pesto (you can buy at grocery store) 
3 cloves garlic
3 tbsp olive oil 
4 small chicken breasts 
2 cups of pasta of choice 
1/2 cup halved grape tomatoes 
Parmesan Cheese


First bring a pot of water to a boil for your pasta. I used Trader Joe's whole wheat organic Fusilli Pasta. 

In a separate pan, put 1 tbsp olive oil and 3 minced cloves of garlic and bring to medium heat. Once garlic is browning, add tomatoes to pan - let this heat on medium until tomato juices start running, then just bring to simmer. When simmering, add 1 tbsp of pesto. 

Meanwhile, cook chicken to your liking (I used a George Foreman grill which is quick and easy!). Once water is boiling, add the pasta with salt and a little bit of olive oil, and let cook until noodles are tender. 

Once all three separate portions are cooked, drain noodles and put back into original pot.  Add tomato mixture, and also cut up chicken into small pieces and add into mixture.  Add remaining pesto and olive oil, and salt and pepper to taste.  You can put on low heat to make sure everything is mixed up!

And to top off this meal I ended up making Nestle chocolate chip cookies, my weakness (: