defective yeti<\/a> brought it up, here's one of the easiest and tastiest things I cook:<\/p>\n2\/3 to 3\/4 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts (ie. two pieces)
\n1\/2 box of gemelli (or penne or farfalle) pasta
\n1\/2 container of Digiorno's Basil Pesto sauce. It's in the refrigerated section. Other brands, like Buitoni's are OK, but not quite as good, for this dish.
\n1\/2 bunch of asparagus
\nA big mixing bowl, for mixing.<\/p>\n
1. Start cooking the pasta. <\/p>\n
2. Sprinkle the chicken with some salt and pepper, and maybe a little olive oil. Grill it. I use a grill pan so I can do it on the stove, and sometimes I butterfly the breasts so they'll cook faster. When cooked, cut it into 1\/4\" strips, throw it in the bowl.<\/p>\n
3. Cut the asparagus into 2\" pieces (discarding the tough ends, of course). Steam it. As soon a it's tender, before it starts to turn yellow-green<\/i>, take it off the heat and throw it in the bowl. Don't overcook the asparagus.<\/i><\/p>\n
All three of these things should finish at roughly the same time. That means the cooking order should go something like this: start the water boiling, prep the chicken and start grilling it, add the pasta to the water, fuss with the chicken for a couple minutes, start the asparagus.<\/p>\n
4. When the pasta is done, drain it and throw it in the bowl with the chicken and asparagus.<\/p>\n
5. Add the 1\/2 container of pesto (stir it up first, as the oil tends to rise to the top of the container). Stir the whole thing together.<\/p>\n
6. Open a bottle of Pinot Grigio.<\/p>\n
Serves 2 with leftovers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Asparagus Because defective yeti brought it up, here's one of the easiest and tastiest things I cook: 2\/3 to 3\/4 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts (ie. two pieces) 1\/2 box of gemelli (or penne or farfalle) pasta 1\/2 container of Digiorno's Basil Pesto sauce. It's in the refrigerated section. Other brands, like Buitoni's are OK, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}