Creamy Chicken Pesto Pasta Recipe

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

Pick some cherry tomatoes and basil.

Cook 16 oz of linguine according to package instructions, boiling until slightly underdone, adding oil to prevent sticking.

Heat olive oil in a separate pan.

Season chicken with salt and pepper and cook in the heated oil.

Cut about a quarter of a red onion into thin strips and add to the chicken to cook together.

Once chicken and onions are cooked, remove them from the pan and set aside.

Cut cherry tomatoes in half and set aside.

In the same pan, add 1 cup of heavy whipping cream and 1 cup of pesto, stirring to combine over medium heat until melted together.

Return the chicken, onions, and any juices back to the pan with the sauce and stir to combine.

Strain the noodles and add them to the pan, stirring to mix everything together.

Add the cherry tomatoes and stir once more.

Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over the top before serving.

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