Dear Oreo Cakeball,
Thank you for making my Friday better! I don't care if you are full of calories...I welcome your sugary deliciousness.
The week has been full of nonstop activity, rushing around like crazy, late nights, writing papers, paying bills, etc. I hereby combat all that with your crunchy tastiness!
Ohhhhh.....MMMMMMmmmmmm! I CANNOT believe how fantastic this meal turned out!! Chicken pesto turned into chicken/pesto/broccoli/ DELICIOUSNESS.Here is how I made it, a spin off of several you'll find on the internets.Ingredients:- chicken tenders, on the thin side is nice- two packets of Knorr pesto sauce mix (has always been my fav)- package of skim Mozzarella grated cheese- Olive oil - cooking spray- broccoli- pine nuts- spices I used were: salt, ground oregano, garlic powderWhat to do:- pre-heat over to 365 degrees F (just in case you think in Kelvin or other..)- mix pesto packets in bowl with one cup water and 1/3 cup olive oil- add pine nuts (as much as you like, I liked a LOT) and stir- spray glass baking dish- pour 1/4 bowl of your pesto mixture in glass dish- lay the chicken strips on top of that- dash with garlic powder- dash with ground oregano- pour the rest of your pesto mixture on top of the chicken. Some of it slid off so I scooped up some pine nuts to make sure they rested on top- dash with salt- COVER with aluminum foilBake- Bake at 375 F for 25 min- remove from oven and turn over the chicken strips which are not quite done- re-scoop pine nuts so some are on top- add one handful of finely chopped broccoli - bake 5-10 more minutes
Continuing:- Remove from oven, remove foil- add the rest of your broccoli now (I like crispy - or at least non-mushy broccoli)- add your Mozzarella cheese. Add lots. Oh heck, live dangerously, add the whole package- stir a tad and then drizzle a few spoonfuls of pesto sauce on the top- broil for 3 minutes, watching it so it bubbles and boils and browns, BUT doesn't BURN.
THEN...- remove from oven- bask in the glory that is chicken pesto broccoli deliciousness- take pictures and post all over social media- EAT, don't forget to eat. :-)
The week has been full of nonstop activity, rushing around like crazy, late nights, writing papers, paying bills, etc. I hereby combat all that with your crunchy tastiness!
