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January 1, 2015

New Year’s Recipe: Italian Pesto Chicken with Carrots & Olives

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This Italian Pesto Chicken with Carrots and Olives recipe is a fast, easy, and inexpensive meal.

Happy New Year!

I bet you have set all kinds of goals or aspirations or have even chosen a ‘Word’ for 2015. In fact, many of you have health, food, or even weight loss goals but one thing that we all need no matter the goal: fast, healthy and easy recipes, especially chicken recipes.

Well, I have a yummy dish to help -> Last night we hosted some friends for a potluck New Year’s Eve party and our favorite Italian family brought a fantastic chicken recipe. In fact, we love the dish so much, that my daughter and I were having a tug of war with the last serving this morning.

You can make this dish as light as you wish because you can make your own pesto and use a light olive oil and load up with as many veggies as you can stuff in the skillet.

New Year’s Recipe: Italian Pesto Chicken with Carrots & Olives (Yield = 4 servings)
Ingredients:
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 pound skinless chicken breasts, ‘butterflied’
1/3 cup pesto
1 cup baby carrots, halved
1 cup whole pitted olives

Directions:
1. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute the chicken until cooked through and set aside to cool slightly.

2. In a large bowl toss the pesto, carrots and olives together and set aside.

3. Once the chicken cool enough to handle, chop the chicken into bite-sized pieces, toss with pesto mixture and enjoy. You can eat the dish warm or place in the fridge and then consume cooled.

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Filed Under: Chicken, Dairy-free, Food, Gluten-free, Lunch, Main Dish, Poultry, Recipes, Super Fast Tagged With: Chicken, fast, healthy, new year, Pesto

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