Pesto with Farfalle Pasta with Roasted Chicken

Recipe created by Cristina Ferrare

Try this delicious pasta dish from Cristina Ferrare. It's the perfect solution for when you have leftover chicken.

Ingredients:

Pesto:

• 4 cups fresh basil leaves
• 4 cups Italian parsley springs
• 4 large cloves garlic
• 1 1/2 cups olive oil
• 1/4 tsp. salt

Roasted Chicken Salad:

• 1 cup diced Roasted Chicken
• 1 cucumber , peeled, seeded and diced
• 2 cups mixed greens
• 1/4 cup roasted pine nuts
• 1/2 lemon , juiced
• Parmesan cheese
• 1/4 cup sliced black olives
• 1/2 pound farfalle pasta
• Handful pomegranate seeds

To prepare the pesto: Chop basil, parsley and garlic in a food processor. Slowly add olive oil and keep chopping. Add salt.

To prepare the chicken mixture and final dish: Place Roasted Chicken, cucumber, pine nuts, 1 Tbsp. of pesto and olives in a bowl and mix together. Cook pasta until al dente. Add 2 tablespoons of pesto to the pasta and mix well. Top off with 2 cups of mixed greens and the juice of 1/2 a lemon. Add the chicken mixture to pasta and toss. Garnish with Parmesan cheese and pomegranate seeds

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Lemon Chicken Crossaints

Meat Mixture:
3 lbs. chicken, cooked & cubed
½ t. salt
½ t. pepper
2 T. green onions, chopped
Refrigerated crescent rolls
4 T. butter
1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese
4 T. milk
Dash of garlic salt and lemon pepper

Mix all ingredients together except crescent rolls. Put chicken mixture on wide edge of rolls. Roll into crescent shape. Bake for 20 minutes at 375 or until golden brown. Serve with rice and lemon sauce:

Lemon Sauce
1 c. sour cream
1 can cream of chicken soup
1-2 T. lemon juice
Salt & pepper

Simmer until warm and combined. Serve over rice.

****I Love this dinner. I have another recipe that I called Chicken Pillows, and I thought I loved that one until I tried the Lemon Chicken Croissants. This dish had a lot more flavor than any of the others that I have seen. ****

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