Valentine’s Day was pretty great. I got to do a wod that crushed my soul. Then I went to my esthetician to get my face worked on since I knew I was definitely not going to be around any men on Vday. Gotta love paying $150 for 3 hours of pure torture. It makes sense. Well it kinda does since my face looks better than it ever has. Not great, but better. F
Effing acne. YOU ARE SO INCONVENIENT AND STUPID.
Anywho, I then proceeded on to eat stupid amounts of chocolate, no seriously, stupid amounts. My girlfriend Sarah made Laura and I paleo truffles. I slightly hate her for that. There were 5 huge ones and they are all gone now. Laura has 4 left. Hence our body composition difference. F*ckin chocolate. You make me feel so ashamed at times.
Then we got to watch Twilight Breaking Dawn. I love Twilight. Seriously though. I read all the books. It’s seriously so addicting. At any age. Oh don’t worry bros, I can’t hear you right now, talking sh*t about how dumb Twilight is. How Vampire and Werewolves are stupid mythical creatures. But you guys like sports. And sports are dumb. So suck it.
But us women like Twilight because it gives us hope that there is a man out there who will adore us as much as Edward and Jacob adore Bella. Is that too much to ask?? Sh*t no it’s not. A man who literally cannot take his eyes of us. A man who will do anything just to be around us. Now that’s wiiiiiiicked cool.
How many people do you think got engaged on Vday? So cliche.
I’ve figured something out. Doing laundry sucks ass. Like pretty bad. You know why? Because all my clothes are lululemon spandex and CrossFit shirts. And what in the f*ck would I do if any of those things shrunk?! I can barely pull my spandex over my ass without hearing the threads tear in my lulus…so if they shrunk….jesus. So I literally have to hang dry 93% of my clothes. That’s a lot of time spent in my basement with hangers, creepy lighting, and cold cement floors. I hate having cold feet. And lighting that emphasizes my flaws. I wish mood lighting traveled with me everywhere I went.
Pistachio Pesto Chicken Pasta
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 3-4 1x
Ingredients
- 1 medium spaghetti squash, halved, seeds and excess threads removed
- 1/2-2/3lbs chicken, sliced or cubed
- 1 cup pistachios, unsalted and shelled
- 1-1 1/2 cup basil leaves
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1/2-1 cup olive oil
- juice of 1 lemon
- salt and pepper to taste
- handful of sundried tomatoes, sliced, to garnish
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 425 degrees.
- Cut your spaghetti squash in half, lengthwise, use a spoon to scoop out the excess seeds and place open side down on a baking sheet and cook for 20-25 minutes or until spaghetti squash is soft to the touch.
- While your spaghetti squash cooks, put your pistachios in a food processor and pulse.
- Then add your garlic cloves and basil and turn food processor on.
- While food processor is still on, add your olive oil slowly until your pesto becomes your preference of “thickness” and then add your lemon juice.
- Now heat up a large skillet under medium heat with a couple tablespoons of olive oil in it. Add your chicken to the skillet along with some salt and pepper and cook chicken on both sides until almost cooked through, then add your pesto to the pan.
- Coat chicken in pesto.
- When your spaghetti squash is done cooking and has cooled a bit, use a fork to pull the threads out of the spaghetti squash and place directly into your pesto and chicken pan.
- Combine all together.
- Add to a bowl, top with some leftover chopped pistachios and sundried tomatoes!
- Consume!
Made it tonight and got rave reviews the husband who is sometimes leas than enamored with my paleo cooking adventures. I too licked the blade. How could you not?? Thanks for another awesome recipe.
Glad you two liked it Sarah!!
This was legit. You’re a genius! Leslie loved it…called it the best thing I’ve cooked so far! 🙂
Next up, sweet potato enchiladas. Boom.
When the hell are you going to invite me over and feed me?! Can I just be your second girlfriend please? Leslie is cool with it. fo sho
Ok, Juli! I’m giving this a whirl tonight with my new handy dandy food processor! I’ve passed on your link to a gf here at work who may be interested in trying this “paleo thing” as she calls it…maybe I’ll just make extra so she can try this recipe….hmmmmm..
Hope she tries it out too!! Good luck with the new food processor!
Delicious delicious! Although I mixed and matched so many ingredients my dinner barely resembled your pics. Super comfort food for a cold grey day. Thanks Juli x
Haha glad it still tasted delicious!
Just got a good processor and this was the first thing I made 🙂 So yummy!
Glad you liked it!!
BTW…LOVED this!!! Everyone in my house did…we ate the ENTIRE batch I made…seriously. The whole batch (I doubled the recipe).
That’s awesome Kim!! Glad everyone liked it!
I came across your blog today RIGHT before going to the grocery store. I replaced my entire menu for the week with all of your recipes. 🙂 I made this tonight and my husband and I are in a food coma now. It. Was. So. Good. Thank you for posting incredible recipes and for taking the time to interact with your readers. That is super impressive!
thanks so much for checking out my blog Jana!! hope you like the recipes! let me know!!
Hey Lady- LONG TIME NO SEE!!!! Congratulations – I cannot wait to see you kill it again at regionals this year!
Anywho – my awesome husband always does the cooking & just last night decided he didn’t want to at 8:30 – great. I took a peek through the website (I ABSOLUTELY cannot cook a single thing without a recipe) & came across this gem. It was fabulous delicious & crazy easy. Thanks for being so awesomely inspirational & providing poor souls like mine with easy, delicious, paleo recipes.
CECILY!!! OMG its been too long. Glad you like the recipe!! If I can make any of these recipes, you easily can. Seriously!! Can’t wait to see you at Regionals if I don’t see you before then! You are awesome 🙂
Eating this right now and it is SO GOOD. Thank you for sharing this amazing recipe.
Glad you liked it!
You are Redunkuless! This was so absolutely delicious! My husband got a side of Pasta b/c he was afraid of the Squash. He then tried a bit of my squash and was actually pretty happy with it. Only change I will make next time, due to a personal obsession of Garlic, is to add about 3 more large cloves to that yummy pesto. Bravo!