Chicken with Angel Hair Pasta

 

Have I mentioned how much I love cooking?

I decided to get a little creative tonight in the kitchen.  I grabbed a few ingredients that I had on hand and concocted this new recipe.  It was really good and *gasp* pretty healthy too! 

I’m pretty bad at measuring because I usually just add things until it looks and tastes right, but I’ll try my best:

 

Ingredients:

• Boneless, skinless chicken breasts (I use about 1/2 a package)
• Whole-Wheat Angel Hair Pasta (about 1/2 a package)
• 1 whole tomato, chopped
• 1 can (14.5 oz.) diced tomatoes
• 1/2 sweet onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 small can of sliced black olives, drained
• 1/2 jar of artichoke hearts
• Fresh basil (about 8 leaves)
• 1 tsp. dried basil
• salt and pepper (to taste)
• Reduced-fat Feta cheese, crumbled
• Cooking Spray (I use Pam)

Directions:

1).  Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.

2).  Chop the chicken breasts into small bite-sized pieces.  Sprinkle with salt and pepper and toss with dried basil. 

3).  Spray a skillet with non-stick cooking spray.  If you want, you can also use a very small amount of extra virgin olive oil.  Add the garlic, onion and chicken to the pan and heat on medium heat until chicken is cooked through. Drain fat.

4).  Add angel hair pasta to boiling water and cook until al dente.

5).  Meanwhile, add tomatoes, artichoke hearts and black olives to chicken skillet.  Cover.  Let simmer on low heat for about 5 minutes.

6).  Drain pasta and toss with tomato and chicken mixture.  Sprinkle crumbled Feta cheese over pasta.  Serve and enjoy!

 

I served this with homemade whole wheat rolls.  I’ll put my bread recipe up here at some point.  I sneak in oats and other healthy things into my bread.  My guys never even know!