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Easy and Delicious Pesto Chicken Pasta
Easy and Delicious Pesto Chicken Pasta

This easy pasta recipe is perfect for a quick weeknight meal.

  • Prep: 15 mins
  • Cook: 10 mins

Ingredients

1 lb favorite dried pasta

Do You Bake? Pesto Cheese ball box mix

8 oz. Cream Cheese

2 tbsp fresh chopped basil

2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil

boneless skinless chicken breasts

2/3 cup milk or cream

1 cup chopped fresh or frozen broccoli

salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1- Heat olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high. Season the chicken with salt and pepper on both sides and place in the pan.

2- Cover with the lid and sear for 5 minutes on one side.

3- Flip and sear 5 to 6 more minutes, or until cooked through.

4- Remove the chicken from let cool. After a few minutes, chop the chicken into bite-sized chunks.

5- Keep sauté pan on medium heat and add your cream cheese, Do You Bake? Pesto Cheese-ball mix and milk. Stir until completely combined and smooth. Simmer mixture.

6- While chicken is cooking and sauce is simmering, boil the pasta along with the broccoli (in a large pot of salted boiling water) until al dente, about 8 minutes.

7- Drain the pasta water and return the pasta to the pot.

8- Stir in your pesto sauce and chopped chicken.

9- Season with salt and black pepper to taste.

10- Toss in a few sundried tomatoes (optional) for pretty color.

11- Enjoy!

Stuffed Squash
Stuffed Squash

Stuffed squash is a dish that will work for just about any winter squash. This is a quick and healthy way to serve up dinner in a single nature-made dish.   

Using leftover Do You Bake? Rosemary & Stage stuffing blend makes for a perfect filling alongside your chorizo and cheddar cheese.  A cozy winter night dish

  • Prep: 15 mins
  • Cook: 20 mins
  • Yields: Serves 4

Ingredients

yellow squash cut in half

6 oz. chorizo sausage

1 cup cooked Do You Bake? Sage-Rosemary Stuffing Mix

1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese

1 tsp Butter

Salt and pepper

Pumpkin seeds and balsamic vinegar reduction for garnish

Directions

1- Prepare your Do You Bake? Sausage & Apple Stuffing Mix ahead of time or use your leftovers from last night's dinner! Follow the box directions.

2- Lay the squash down on a buttered or oiled baking sheet and spoon out the seeds to make a hollow cavity in the squash.

3- Season lightly and then mound the prepared stuffing into each.

4- Top with the sausage and then bake for 10-12 minutes in a 400-degree oven or until the squash is soft and the sausage is browned.

5- At that point sprinkle the cheese over top and bake for an additional minute or two to melt the cheese.

6- Serve on a simple plate garnished with pumpkin seeds and balsamic vinegar.Also great as a side dish!