Pesto Chicken Breast With Summer Squash Recipes

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Add the olive oil to the skillet, throw in the chicken and brown on all sides, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove and reserve.
• Add the onions, zucchini and squash and cook, stirring occasionally, for 2 to 3 minutes. Move those vegetables to the edges of the skillet and add the kale, tomatoes, corn and garlic. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the kale turns bright green, an additional, 1 to 2 minutes.
• In a small bowl, stir together the pesto and cream.
• Return the chicken to the skillet along with any juices. Add the pesto cream and reduce the heat to medium. Cook, stirring, for an additional 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the lemon juice and grated Parmesan. Enjoy.

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet cook chicken in hot oil over medium heat for 4 minutes.
• Turn chicken; add zucchini and/or squash; cook for 4 to 6 minutes more or until the chicken is tender and no longer pink.
• (170degrees) and the squash is crisp tender, stirring squash gently once or twice.
• Transfer Chicken and squash to 4 dinner plates; spread pesto over chicken; sprinkle with Asiago or Parmesan cheese.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Place spaghetti squash in a shallow, non-reactive baking dish.
• Roast in the preheated oven until squash is soft when punctured with a fork, 30 to 45 minutes. When cool enough to handle, cut in half lengthwise, and scoop out and discard seeds. Gently scoop out flesh and place in a bowl with shredded chicken.
• Combine basil, olive oil, pine nuts, garlic, lemon juice, and 1 teaspoon sea salt in the bowl of a food processor; process until smooth. Add pesto to the spaghetti squash and chicken, tossing to combine. Season with sea salt and pepper.