I love to turn to other bloggers for inspiration and when I was looking for a quick and healthy family meal, Helen from The Crazy Kitchen came up trumps when she presented me with the recipe for her Sausage Pesto Pasta.
It’s quick, tasty and full of good stuff. My two like it so much that I’ve had to make it quite a lot over the past couple of months, but every time I have taken ingredients away and replaced them with new ones – not because I didn’t like the original, but because I like change or ehm hadn’t been shopping for everything on the ingredients list.
Last night, I told Helen that we had had ‘her pasta’ again (that’s what we call it here ‘Helen’s pasta’) and she laughed telling me that I had a) probably made it more times than herself and b) it was a completely different recipe now, so I thought I might as well share it with you all. There can’t ever be too many quick and easy recipes for family meals out there, right?
Mediterranean Chicken Pasta – serves 4-5
375g dried pasta – I used green and white tagliatelle
1 pack of diced chicken
1 medium onion, diced
1 red pepper, diced
200g baby plum tomatoes, halved
2.5 tbsp red pesto
1. Fry chicken breast and onion until golden, then add red pepper for two minutes.
2. Boil pasta per instructions, drain and mix with pesto in a big bowl.
3. Add chicken, onions and red pepper and garnish with tomatoes.
Enjoy!
This looks so yummy, I have fallen into that pasta rut of always making the same dishes I hope this will vary things up a little
haha, I love that you call it Helen’s Pasta! thanks for the mention & glad that you all like it so much – your chicken version looks great!
This pasta dish looks delicious and so simple it could be a quick, middle of the week dinner. Mel #RecipeoftheWeek
It’s perfect for exactly that. Takes literally 10 minutes x
yum this looks delicious and such lovely colours too. i would enjoy tucking in x
YUM! I’m veggie so would replace the chicken with Quorn chicken style pieces, but still sounds delish!
This is just the sort of pasta dish I like to make too, yours looks delicious.
WOW!!! This is *just* my sort of thing. Looks divine. I will definitely have to test this one out 🙂
Oh helloooooo I want to lick the screen! Delicious! xx
Go ahead, I won’t judge you 😉
Wow this looks divine and I think I’m going to make it for lunch or dinner tonight! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays
Definitely one that would appeal to all my family which is important for me as I refuse to cook more than one meal a night. #TastyTuesday
This looks and sounds delicious, I love meals like this! #recipeoftheweek
This is on the menu tonight 🙂
Oh I hope you like it. Let me know how you get on x
This looks gorgeous – I might try it with sundried tomatoes instead of fresh 🙂
Yummy! Quick and easy too, and there must be tons of possible variations too – one to note definitely.
#recipeoftheweek
I’m planning one with asparagus as soon as there’s some nice stuff around x
I love the look of this – the pesto adds a really attractive sheen. Thanks for joining in with #recipeoftheweek. I’ve Pinned and Tweeted this post and there’s a fresh linky live now. You might have already popped over but if not, please do!
Looks simply stunning and it also looks easy to make, and quick so has to be a win win! #RecipeoftheWeek and #TastyTuesday.
Now this is my kinda meal. Quick, easy and delicious. This is defiantly going to be what I’m cooking tomorrow night!