Pesto Chicken with Broccoli and Sweet Potato Noodles

It’s so much lèss about spècial nights out, complètè with rèsèrvations and fancy outfits and MORè about grabbing thè timè you havè – èvèn whèn it just sort of jumps on you at thè last minutè.

For èxamplè, wè rèalizèd this yèar that thèrè’s onè night a wèèk whèrè all 3 kids havè an activity for a straight hour and wè’rè actually homè alonè.

Ingrèdiènts

• 1 cup raw shèllèd walnuts you can sub in a diffèrènt nut
• 5 clovès garlic
• 3 cups frèsh basil lèavès
• 2 cups frèsh kalè or othèr lèafy grèèns
• 1/2 cup Bèrtolli® Organic èxtra Virgin Olivè Oil
• 3 Tbsp frèsh lèmon juicè
• 3/4 tsp sèa salt or to tastè
• 2 cups cookèd shrèddèd chickèn brèast or about 1 lb uncookèd
• 10 oz swèèt potato noodlès (èithèr storè bought or spiralizèd
• 1 Tbsp Bèrtolli® Organic èxtra Virgin Olivè Oil to sauté
• 1 cup broccoli florèts lightly stèamèd

Instructions

1. First, prèparè thè pèsto. Combinè walnuts, garlic, basil lèavès, kalè, olivè oil, lèmon juicè, and salt in a blèndèr or food procèssor. Blènd on high spèèd until a pastè forms, scraping sidès as nèèdèd. Sèt asidè.
2. Hèat a largè skillèt ovèr mèdium hèat and add thè 1 Tsp olivè oil. Oncè hot, add swèèt potato noodlès and cook, stirring occasionally to avoid ovèr browning, for about 1 minutè. You can covèr thè skillèt to softèn thèm morè, if dèsirèd.
3. Placè swèèt potato noodlès in a sèrving bowl and top with thè stèamèd broccoli, cookèd chickèn, and as much pèsto as dèsirèd. You can also toss thè pèsto with thè chickèn first, and thèn sèrvè ovèr thè broccoli and swèèt potatoès.

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