Chicken Primavera Recipes

Steps:

• Whisk together flour, parsley, and basil in a medium bowl. Add chicken strips and toss until well coated.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add chicken and cook, turning occasionally, until lightly browned on the outside and no longer pink, about 10 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute.
• Add chicken stock, mixed vegetables, grape tomatoes, green onions, zucchini, and pesto. Cook, stirring occasionally, until heated through, about 10 minutes.

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• In a large skillet, saute the red pepper, mushrooms, onions and garlic in butter. Add the cream, basil, chicken and salt; cook and stir until slightly thickened. Serve over pasta.

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute chicken in butter until chicken is no longer pink. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add the vegetables and cream; cook until vegetables are tender. , Drain pasta. Add the pasta, cheese, salt and pepper to skillet; cook and stir until heated through.

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• Heat oil in a large pot over high heat. Cook garlic and chicken until no pink is showing.
• Add asparagus, tomatoes, carrots, salt, and pepper, cooking for about 2 minutes.
• Add pasta and parmesan, stirring until cheese is melted and evenly distributed.
• Serve.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• On a large heavy baking sheet, toss all of the vegetables with the oil, salt, pepper, and dried herbs to coat. Transfer half of the vegetable mixture to another heavy large baking sheet and arrange evenly over the baking sheets. Bake until the carrots are tender and the vegetables begin to brown, stirring after the first 10 minutes, about 20 minutes total.
• Meanwhile, cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente, tender but still firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 cup of the cooking liquid.
• Toss the pasta with the vegetable mixtures in a large bowl to combine. Toss with the cherry tomatoes and enough reserved cooking liquid to moisten. Season the pasta with salt and pepper, to taste. Sprinkle with the Parmesan and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Season chicken with 1/4 teaspoon of the salt and 1/4 teaspoon of the pepper.
• In 12-inch skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add chicken; cook 5 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until chicken is browned on both sides and cooked through. Remove chicken from skillet. Add onion; cook 3 to 4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened. Add garlic and lemon peel; cook 1 to 2 minutes or until fragrant.
• Add broth; heat to boiling. Stir in pasta, carrots, remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper; reduce heat to medium. Cover and cook 11 minutes. Uncover; add asparagus and cooked chicken. Cover and cook 7 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until pasta is al dente and asparagus is just tender.
• Stir in cubes of cream cheese, the Parmesan cheese and lemon juice until smooth. Add frozen peas; cook 1 to 2 minutes or until peas are heated through and sauce is creamy.
• Remove from heat; let stand 5 minutes. Sauce will continue to thicken as it stands.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat, swirling to coat the bottom. Cook the zucchini, yellow squash, onion, mushrooms, and garlic for 3 to 4 minutes, or until the squashes and onion are tender-crisp, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in the tomatoes with liquid, broth, oregano, pepper, and red pepper flakes. Increase the heat to medium high and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to medium low and cook for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Meanwhile, prepare the pasta using the package directions, omitting the salt. Drain well in a colander. Pour into a large bowl and cover to keep warm.
• Stir the chicken and peas into the zucchini mixture. Increase the heat to medium and cook for 5 to 10 minutes, or until the chicken and peas are heated through, stirring occasionally. Serve over the pasta.
• Use this recipe as a springboard for experimentation. A few possibilities are using asparagus for one or both types of squash, substituting green onions for red, trying thyme instead of oregano, and/or replacing the fettuccine with whole-grain bowtie pasta.
• Cooking with no-salt-added tomatoes can really make a difference in sodium: On average, one cup of regular canned tomatoes contains 300 mg more than the same amount of tomatoes canned without added salt!
• (Per serving)
• Calories: 299
• Total fat: 3.0g
• Saturated: 0.5g
• Trans: 0.0g
• Polyunsaturated: 1.0g
• Monounsaturated: 1.0g
• Cholesterol: 30mg
• Sodium: 59mg
• Carbohydrates: 51g
• Fiber: 10g
• Sugars: 6g
• Protein: 22g
• Calcium: 64mg
• Potassium: 522mg
• 3 starch
• 1 vegetable
• 1 1/2 very lean meat