‘Drive’ is officially the worst movie I have ever seen. Like, wtf. Laura and I rented it to have a girls night with our other roomie Steph, and thought that Ryan Gosling would be a wonderful choice to watch. Well, he was definitely attractive as usual, but holy sh*t….you keep waiting for something to happen in the movie…and after many MANY awkward silences, people start getting their heads blown off. Forks end up in eyeballs. And knives are used a lot on people’s bodies. It was just too much. No story line, just blood and guts. I can’t believe people actually got paid to say 4 words in that movie. I think I might have had nightmares. Pretty sure I did. Especially since my bed was wet when I woke up….kidding. I haven’t wet the bed since….college. Ew. That was gross of me.
Guess what’s coming up soon?! The CrossFit Open! I’m not crazy excited yet. I don’t usually get excited about competitions until the day of and since it’s 5 weeks long, it makes it a lil tough to get excited about. But I did get a lil more excited the other day when my friend Erica posted a video she recorded of me and then it was posted on the CrossFit Southwest Region facebook page. Her website her awesome, all about empowering women. Who wouldn’t love that! Women are great.
Wanna see the cutest thing on the entire planet? Check it. Weener dogs should rule the world.
So this recipe turned out delish, even the non paleo eating friends thought so! It’s pretty intense in the flavor department so you don’t need too much of it. A little goes a long way. And look what I did…I made another cooking video!! Sorry it’s long ways. Just getting used to a new camera. Really, I’m lucky it even recorded. Laura and I had no idea what we were doing with that mini camcorder. I only say ‘um’ and ‘so’ like 46 times in this video. Much better than the 47 times in the first video. GETTING BETTER EVERY TIME!
Sundried Tomato Pesto Pasta
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 4-5 1x
Ingredients
For the Pesto
- 3 oz sundried tomatoes
- 1 cup walnuts
- 1–1.5 cup olive oil
- 1/2 cup basil leaves
- juice of 1 lemon
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
For the pasta
- 3 zucchini, julienne cut or sliced into fettuccine noodles
- 1 bundle of asparagus
- 1lb chicken, diced
- 1/3 cup chicken broth or water
- 2–4 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried tarragon
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Place your sundried tomatoes in a bowl with 1-2 cups of water or until the sundried tomatoes are covered to soften.
- Now heat up a medium sized skillet under medium heat with 1-2 tablespoons olive oil and throw in your diced chicken to begin to cook down, tossing the chicken randomly to help cook on all sides.
- Add your basil, tarragon, and thyme to the chicken.
- Once your sundried tomatoes are soft, pull out your food processor, place sundried tomatoes along with your walnuts and puree. Then add the rest of the pesto ingredients and slowly pour in the olive oil in while it’s turned on so you can see how much olive oil you will really need. Add until you find your preferred consistency.
- Now heat up a large skillet under medium heat with 1-2 tablespoons olive oil and toss in your zucchini noodles and asparagus.
- Add your chicken broth or water to the noodles and asparagus to help cook the noodles down.
- After about 3-5 minutes, add your sundried tomato pesto to the zucchini noodles along with the chicken.
- Cover and let cook for 3-5 minutes.
- Serve with some leftover sundried tomatoes on top!
- Consume!!
Okay don’t take this the wrong way but your my idol. Not only are u gorgeous but you are strong, fit and soo funny. Not to mention you can dance girl!!! I love your blog and try our recipes are amazing! Keep up the awesome work!!!
You’re freaking awesome Michelle, thanks for thinking I’m funny, I always appreciate. And thank you for trying my food 🙂
I bought a ceramic knife per your suggestion in the last video. Wise investment.
Best investment of all time? I think so. Yes, yes i do
liiiiterally the most awesome thing i have ever read is you not being able to do a pull up at first. fast forward to now you’re bomb at crossfit and that makes my life. i dont know if those sentences together make sense, but a pull up is my goal right now! i have weak shrimpy arms and you definitely just gave me hope that im one day going to be able to do one as well!
🙂 I can’t wait til you get your first pull up, just you wait, it’s an awesome day!
Hey Julienne Slicer! Awesome video! I was just about to comment/ask how in the world you keep a white shirt clean while cooking… Then your tongs went crazy. 🙂 PaleOMG apron?? PS I love the dancing! Dancing while cooking is the best!!
I would LOVE a PaleOMG apron!! I need to look into that lol. Thanks for checking out my blog Marlena and commenting 🙂
Not drunk Juli, Drive rocks, fact!
If you didnt like that, have you seen “Lars & the real girl”
Really good film & it stars your man Ryan Gosling. His character forms a relationship with a doll (yes that kind im afraid to say) but no it isnt weird or creepy, just a guy whos struggling to fit into the world so he makes his own.
Juli,
A friend recently lead me to your blog site, and I toally dig! You keep it real fun and entertaining, just keep being you and posting great recipes! I have a food obbession aswell and am learning new ways of cooking after joining Crossfit Red, Grand Junction at the begining of this year. So thanks thanks thanks for your super yummy recipes paleo style bitches!
Ooo I love Patrick from CFRed! Glad you are liking the recipes 🙂 keep killing it in your wods!!
Made this tonight and you all should be warned..you may just eat the whole entire pan of pesto pasta yumminess. It’s that good! Thank you so much for your great recipes!! I have been eating paleo for the past year and was in need of some inspiration to keep me going. Your blog has gotten me motivated and trying new recipes! Love it and so glad I found it!
Thanks so much for the comment! I’m glad you’re trying out the recipes!
Don’t worry about your mis-matched lid. I just watched an old Julia Child video where she sauteed chicken and covered the pan with what appears to be a pizza pan. I use a pizza pan a lot, too. I am looking forward to busting out my mandolin and making some zucchini pasta! One of my fav pre-paleo meals was basil pesto chicken pasta so I think this is going to be a winner for me.
I hope you like it Cassie! I refuse to buy expensive kitchen utensils…but that’s probably because i’m poor
I’m in grad school, so I understand what you mean….plus I like the Alton Brown mentality of having equipment that does double or triple duty in the kitchen.
Same, he’s awesome!
I love you! Thank goodness you came into my life and introduced me to zucchini (or Courgette as we say in Ireland!) pasta. I think you may have just saved me. Yet another delicious dinner thanks to you.
OMG Yum – much appreciated x
glad you liked it Cathy!!
I made this for dinner tonight and it was a huge hit, even my 2-year-old ate it all! Thanks you so much for the recipe! (and all the other great recipes! also made the almond coconut waffles and they were yummy too!)
Glad you liked it Crystal!!