Chicken Pasta Thing

Hi everyone!

I thought I would share a very easy meal, I am sure for most of you this is a no brainer.  But it blew my mind this week!

Russell and I are trying to eat better so I spent a lot of time last week preparing our meals for the week.  2 things I did was make 3 lbs of chicken with a very tasty but non-descript marinade which mainly consisted of:  olive oil, balsamic vinaigrette, salt and pepper, garlic.  And I made a 1lb of whole wheat pasta.  So rather than plan out every meal I made some staples that I could use to throw a meal together.

So on to this meal:  First I sautéed some veggies: Bell peppers, onions, and garlic (That is just what I had, anything would work though, I love using mushrooms in something like this) in the jalapeño grape seed oil.   Which is what really pulls this dish together it is awesome!  After the onions were clear, I put some of the cut up premade chicken in the pan.  Just to heat up chicken.  Then I microwaved the amount of pasta I needed, and afterwards put more jalapeño grape seed oil in the pasta.  Then I put the vegetables/chicken with the pasta and I had a meal!  I am going to experiment in making my own flavored olive oils, I will update the blog with my progress.  Thanks!

Erin H.