Thursday

Recipe - Chicken W/Creamy Walnut Sauce


1/2 cup of walnuts ( we used organic raw)

1 cup fresh chopped spinach

1 fresh garlic clove

1/4 tsp salt
( we used celtic sea salt )

1/4 tsp black pepper
pinch of cayenne 

1/3 cup of low sodium chicken or veggie broth

2 Tbs of finely chopped parsley

1/2 tsp lemon juice ( fresh squeezed if possible )

1 tsp extra virgin olive oil

2 chicken breasts
(or not)

pasta of your choice
(cook while blending walnut sauce)
OR
2 large crisp romaine lettuce leaves

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 IN BLENDER / FOOD PROCESSOR  
 ~ combine ~

 walnuts
garlic
salt
pepper
cayenne
PULSE
until finely chopped.

ADD
broth
parsley
&
lemon juice.

BLEND 
until creamy.

Heat olive oil in pan over med-high heat.
add chicken & cook
stirring often until it's no longer pink
in the middle.
approx 3-6 minutes.

 ~ next ~
turn heat down to low
&
add walnut sauce.
stir approx 1-2 minutes.
add  
spinach
stir another 1-2 minutes on low heat.

Pour over whole wheat pasta of your choice.
( we used thin whole wheat  spaghetti )

we added a little more evoo to the pasta
while still in the pot
b4 topping
with walnut sauce.

OR 

Serve warm
or
cold
atop a large crisp
leaf of 
romaine lettuce.
fresh  
tomato  
would be lovely with this
or
anything else yr desires.

NOTE: 
If you feel the walnut sauce needs a little 
*tweeking*
go ahead and do so.

this was our version of the recipe.

we used spinach instead of broccoli.
and 
added a little more chicken broth
as well as
a little more
evoo on the pasta.

Enjoy!






1 comment:

Celtic Sea Salt said...

Thanks for using Celtic Sea Salt®. Have a great day!

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