Comments on: Chicken Pesto Pasta- An Easy Weeknight Dinner

By: Joanne

Joanne — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:09:01 +0000

I make a similar dish for my uber picky 14 month old. Instead of basil; which is tough to find sometimes in the winter time, I use 1 cup of toasted pine nuts, 2 cups cooked chicken, 3 tbsp olive oil, 2 garlic gloves, 1/4 cup grated parmasen cheese and 6 sundried tomatoes (in oil). I stick all of these ingredients in the food processor and put it on cooked rotini and he loves it warm or cold.!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 04:03:07 +0000

This dish was a hit tonight! My very picky 3 year old loved it!

By: catherine

catherine — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:41:10 +0000

I love Trader Joe’s for almost everything! You can also make other types of pesto! http://weelicious.com/2011/02/22/pistachio-pesto/

By: Lorie

Lorie — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:48:38 +0000

Hi Katherine. Not sure if you have a Trader Joe’s near by but I highly recommend their pesto. It’s in a jar near the dry pasta and canned tomatoes. It is the best jar pesto I’ve tasted.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:45:35 +0000

Does anyone have any suggestions for tasty store-bought pesto. I love making my own, but basil isn’t always available where I live, or it’s $2.00 for a few stalks, not really enough to make pesto!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:57:08 +0000

Made this for my daughter and I. It was tasty. I think next time I will throw in some chopped zucchini!

By: Katie @ Healthnut Foodie

Katie @ Healthnut Foodie — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:24:03 +0000

We like to add cherry toms, extra basil leaves, and fresh mozzarella instead of the packaged cheese. So delish. Sometimes, we even melt goat cheese in with the pesto sauce.

By: Lucie

Lucie — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:35:49 +0000

I bet if you add some cherry tomatoes, this would make a fantastic cold summer pasta salad!

By: Christin

Christin — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:08:47 +0000

With the 2 cups of cheese and the super flavourful pesto, isn’t the extra 1 teaspoon of salt a bit much? I know that everyone has different tastes but I don’t think I’ve ever added that much salt to a non-baking dish before, especially if I was feeding children. Is it regular table salt that you use?

I’m not doubting that the recipe could taste fantastic, I just tend to cook with much less, or even no salt if at all possible.

By: Kendall

Kendall — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:43:08 +0000

Looks yummy!