I invented this dish many years ago by heavily modifying a Fettuccine Alfredo recipe I have.
You’ll need:
boneless chicken breasts or tenders, the amount depends on how many you’re cooking for
box of bowtie pasta
broccoli, cauliflower and carrots (I like to use those steam in the bag fresh kind)
feta cheese 6-8oz, crumbled
lemon pepper
3-4 Tbs butter
1 1/2 – 2 cups half and half, warmed for a minute or two in the microwave
Sprinkle the chicken on both sides with lemon pepper and grill it. I used 4 chicken breasts for my family of 6. We had enough leftovers for the next day’s lunch.
While the chicken is grilling start the pasta cooking. Steam the vegetables in the microwave, if you bought that kind. My bag didn’t have any carrots so I cut some up.
I threw the carrots into the boiling pasta water a few minutes before the pasta finished cooking. You could do this with the broccoli and cauliflower too, just be sure to use a big enough pot and don’t fill it so full of water that adding the veggies will overflow it.
When the chicken is done, slice it into thin strips.
Drain the pasta and put it back in the pot. Add the butter and warmed half & half. Stir in the feta cheese, veggies and chicken. You may want to add a bit more half & half, if it looks like it needs it. Serve with additional lemon pepper. If it weren’t for my kids I would add more lemon pepper while I’m adding the other ingredients, but they don’t like so much of the peppery taste, so my husband and I just add it to our servings.
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Yum. Sounds good!
That looks delicious! You do a great job with your photos showing how to make it! Yummy!
Looks tasty. I love feta.
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Just found your blog via my friend’s blog (the Lopsided House)! LOVE IT!!! I hope you don’t mind, but I linked you to my blog! I am really loving the great recipes! Always lookin for those! Bring on the new ideas! Thanks-
I just popped over from SITS & when I first read the name of this post I thought it said BROWNIE pasta! It really got my attention, LOL.
Brownie pasta – ha! That’s funny. I read thing wrong like that all the time.
Mmmmm….feta!!!
I found your blog looking for pineapple cookie recipes. I remember so much about my Nanny, and this seems very close to the kind of cookies that I remember her making! Thanks for sharing, and I love how you show the ingredients-that helps so much. My family likes bow tie pasta so I will have to try this! I used bow tie pasta with tuna several years ago from a great recipe. I can’t find the recipe now…any suggestions?
I have a bowtie pasta salad recipe with tuna in it. It also has artichoke, capers, green onion and some other ingredients. Do you remember any of the other ingredients in your recipe?