Quick and Easy Lunch

Well, I'm still tired from earning my 15 APs yesterday, so I wanted something easy that wouldn't take too long. Looked in the fridge.. and came up with:

Chikken Pesto Pasta

1/2 C Quorn tenders (only used half a bag for the teriyaki, so I had those ready to go)
1/4 C vegetable broth
3/4 C Whole Wheat pasta, penne, rotini, etc work the best
2 TBSP pesto (my recipe below)
1 tsp grated parmesan cheese

Cook whole wheat pasta, according to package directions. In a small saucepan, simmer your Quorn in the veggie broth. (I find they can be a little dry, this totally eliminates that problem and makes them extra tasty and juicy.) Let the Quorn absorb most/all of the broth. (This should only take about 5 mins, less maybe, I didn't time.) Once they've absorbed the broth, add your pesto. Stir it around, making sure it "melts" and coats all the pieces of chikken. Once your noodles have cooked, immediately add them to the chicken/pesto mixture. Toss so that the noodles get pesto on them too. Grate a little bit of parmesan over the top and enjoy.



Now, I had pesto in the fridge from a batch I made in the beginning of March, so I could just throw it in. However, it's pretty easy to make, and in the fridge, covered with some olive oil, it keeps FOREVER. (Well, until you eat it all up, at least.)

4 C basil leaves
1/2 cup pine nuts
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/3 cup olive oil
5 clove garlic clove(s)

Blend the garlic, pine nuts and basil in the food processor. Slowly add the oil, so that it goes through the whole mixture. Once it's fairly smooth, add parmesan cheese and blend that in. Put into a tupperware, make the surface level, and cover with a few tsp of olive oil. Keep it in the fridge, on the top shelf, and the olive oil on top will solidify, making it easy to scoop past to get your pesto out to enjoy. Always cover the pesto with the olive oil, and it will keep, as I said, FOREVER. (The part in contact with the olive oil may turn a darker green, but don't worry, that's normal, and nothing to worry about. Eat it all!)

WW points on core: 1 pt for the pesto (pine nuts and parmesan, the oil is my healthy oil for the day), and 1 pt for the chocolate soy milk... I'm loving Soy Slender chocolate soy milk- sweetened with splenda, so it's just 1 pt! Total: 2 pts.