GRILLED SPINACH AND ASPARAGUS PASTA

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A delicious pasta with plenty of veggies and chicken. Fit for 3-4 people. I tried this at a restaurant here, and was determined to mimic it at home--it is REALLY simple to put together and is a fabulous meal.

Provided by Rachel T

Categories     One Dish Meal

Time 50m

Yield 3-4 plates, 3-4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 1/2 lbs chicken breasts (3-4 breasts)
8 ounces whole wheat spaghetti
1 (10 ounce) box frozen spinach
4 -5 sticks asparagus
2 tomatoes
4 tablespoons goat cheese
1/4 cup parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 1/2 garlic cloves
1 teaspoon basil
1 tablespoon olive oil

Steps:

  • Defrost chicken and boil water (make sure to add 1/2 teaspoon salt) and heat pan with some olive oil.
  • Add asparagus to boiling water and heat for 5 minutes, add spinich to pan to defrost and separate.
  • Remove chicken from defrost and cut into slices, sprinkle with black pepper, salt, 1/2 tsp basil and 1/2 tsp minced garlic. remove asparagus to other plate.
  • Add spagetti to water where the asparagus was for approximately 10 minutes and remove heated spinich to a separate plate. Add more oil to pan and add chicken.
  • Cut asparagus into 1.5 inch pieces. brown the chicken. cut up tomatoes into bite size pieces, not diced.
  • Remove pasta from pot and strain. place pasta back into the pot to evaporate the water still left in the pasta (learned this technique on the food network).
  • Sprinkle the pasta with parmesan cheese and dice up some goat cheese to place on top when finished.
  • Mix in the chicken, spinich, asparagus, tomatoes, 1/2 tsp basil, 1/2 tsp garlic, and a dash of black pepper. Mix it all together.
  • Plate it, add goat cheese to the top, and the people eating the dish will mix it inches.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 780.9, Fat 29.9, SaturatedFat 8.6, Cholesterol 152.6, Sodium 1133.3, Carbohydrate 65.8, Fiber 4.3, Sugar 3.2, Protein 66.6

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