Pesto Pasta

Cheap pesto-ey goodness

Ingredients

Instructions

STEP 1:

I make enough for the week, so i cook the whole packet of pasta.

STEP 2:

STEP 3:

the ingredients for the pesto approximately makes enough for about 4 cook ups of this recipe.

STEP 4:

STEP 5:

1. Start boiling a pot of water for the pasta – add salt to the water as this helps the pasta not stick.

STEP 6:

2. Put the tomatoes, basil, oil, pine nuts, garlic, cheese in to a blender/bullet and blend up until smooth.

STEP 7:

3. Chop the chicken into pieces about 1.5/2 cm cubes.

STEP 8:

4. If the water is boiling, pre-heat a pan with olive oil for the chicken. Put the pasta in the pot covered – put the lid on a tilt so that it doesn?t overflow.

STEP 9:

5. Cook the chicken in the pan of medium-high

STEP 10:

6. Once the pasta and chicken are cooked, take both off the heat.

STEP 11:

7. Drain the pasta. Put the pasta back in the pot and keep off the heat.

STEP 12:

8. Put the chicken into the pot with the pasta and scoop about 1/4 cup of basil and tomato pesto into the pasta and chicken. Mix well.

STEP 13:

STEP 14:

9. Bag up the rest of the pesto into separate 1/4 cup measurements into freezer bags. Freeze for next time.