CHICKEN BREASTS WITH PENNE AND BUTTERNUT SQUASH FOR
TWO
I use whatever
kind of pasta is at hand or I feel in the mood to make! not spaghetti or
fettuccine or linguini or lasagna, but any other shape.
The recipe tells
you the pretty way to handle the squash, to do it the easy way, cut in half,
scoop out seeds, place in a microwave safe dish with ¼ cup water, cover with
plastic wrap and cook till fork tender, scoop out with a teaspoon.
Yes, this is
also one of my easy to make dishes. If
you don’t feel like pounding the chicken breasts, get chicken tenders, or slice
up the breasts so they are thin like tenders.
If you do that it cuts off a couple of minutes more from your cooking
time. So start that pot of water boiling
for the pasta while you gather everything else together. by the time the
pasta is cooked, all else will be ready including the table set. Especially if you have your
honey giving you a helping hand.
Recently my daughter made this dinner with her boyfriend who she thinks
liked it very much.
I would suggest
a frozen fruit ice cream as desert (homemade of course!)to
end this lovely meal. in case you forgot how to make
that…
cut and freeze your fruit. when frozen, place
in your food processor or blender with about ¼ cup of milk for 2 cups of frozen
fruit; add sweetener of your choice and process till the whole thing turns into
an ice cream consistency. ENJOY! (a little lemon or lime juice will freshen up the taste if
you decide to add fruit juice or water instead of milk)
½ lb penne pasta
cooked
1 tablespoons
extra virgin olive oil
1 onion finely
chopped
1 large or 2 garlic
clove minced
1 lb butternut
squash
salt and pepper
½ teaspoon red
pepper flakes (or to taste)
2 tablespoons
minced parsley
grated or flaked parmesan cheese
Easy way is to
separate the butternut in two where the squash gets rounded. Then, peel and cut into ¼ inch match sticks.
The fatter part, I cut into halves, clean out the inside, peel and cut as
needed.
Cook onion, garlic
and the squash and cook until the onions are translucent, add parsley and red
pepper and salt and pepper to taste.
Add the pasta
and stir till heated through.
When you place
the dish, sprinkle the parmesan on top.
Yay for Vitamin
A! and let us not forget the calcium!
1 chicken breast
cut in two, boned and skinned and pounded thin
1 teaspoon extra
virgin olive oil
1/4 teaspoon
dried thyme or 2 sprigs fresh, chopped
2 tablespoons
chopped parsley
1 clove garlic
finely minced or pressed
1 lemon zested
and juiced
salt and pepper
1 tablespoon
butter
Rub chicken with
olive oil salt, pepper, parsley, thyme, garlic and
lemon zest. Cook on high heat for 3 min
one side and 2 min other side.
on lowest heat add butter to
pan, when melted, stir in lemon juice.
Serve the pasta
and squash with the chicken along with a salad of your choice. With this dish I like sliced tomato and diced
cucumber tossed with salt, pepper, olive oil and a little balsamic vinegar.
Garlic bread
goes well on the side if you are very hungry!