Healthy Creamy Pesto Chicken Pasta

A lightened creamy pesto and chicken pasta with tomatoes and light cream cheese.

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Recipe Info
Servings: 4
Prep: 15m
Cook: 15m
Total: 30m
Ingredients
  • 300g penne
  • 2 chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • Low-calorie cooking spray
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 2 handfuls of cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 2 tbsp pesto
  • 2 tbsp light cream cheese
  • Parmesan, to serve
Instructions
  1. Cook the pasta, reserving 2 ladlefuls of the pasta water once cooked.
  2. Season the chicken with salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder and paprika.
  3. Heat a frying pan over medium heat with a spray of low-calorie oil, add the chicken and brown.
  4. Add the onion, garlic and cherry tomatoes and cook down.
  5. Stir in the pesto and cream cheese.
  6. Stir in the reserved pasta water and season to taste.
  7. Add the pasta and mix through.
  8. Top with Parmesan.
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