To celebrate our seven year anniversary, Trav took me on a hot date Friday night. We started out down on the Plaza for drinks and hors d’ouevres on the patio at McCormick & Schmicks and then went to our favorite KC restaurant, Osteria Il Centro. The food, drinks, and company were all great.
Even though we had already celebrated, I still wanted to do something special on our actual anniversary day. I decided that the best thing to do would be to make one of Trav’s all-time favorite meals – Chicken Pesto Tortellini. Lucky for me, this is one of the easiest meals in my repertoire.
Ok, so maybe the pic doesn’t look all that appealing, but it really is yummy. Even Arle loves it. If you want to give it a go, here’s the how-to.
1-20 pkg. of cheese filled tortellini cooked according to directions on package (I like the Bertolli 3-cheese tortellini that’s found in the refrigerator aisle)
1-Rotisserie chicken, remove skin and bones then cut chicken into bite-sized pieces
Homemade Pesto:
2 cups fresh basil, packed
2 cloves of fresh garlic
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/4 tsp. sea salt
1/4 tsp. ground pepper
1/2 cup of freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Optional: 1/2 cup toasted pine nuts
Put basil and garlic in a food processor. Puree and slowly add olive oil. Put into a bowl and stir in cheese, salt, pepper, and pine nuts.
Place chicken into a large bowl. Add the freshly cooked, hot pasta to the chicken. Pour the pesto over the top and mix together. Serve it up with a great salad and…VOILA!
NANCY said,
May 28, 2009 @ 4:39 pm
That looks yummy….just a quick question do you put the pesto sauce in a food processor??? I couldn’t tell, but didn’t see large pieces of the basil? I would like to fix this for my family this weekend…your picture looked so pretty!
Carolyn said,
May 29, 2009 @ 7:16 am
My mother-in-law bought me two large herb plants (basil and rosemary). I have been looking for a basil-centric recipe to try. Maybe this is it! Thanks for sharing and happy anniversary!
annalee said,
May 29, 2009 @ 3:39 pm
on the menu for next week!
Kristin said,
May 30, 2009 @ 8:09 pm
We made this tonight and loved it! Thanks for the recipe!
NANCY said,
May 31, 2009 @ 12:41 pm
Heather, I made this for our lunch today right after church. We all loved it and it was very quick!! It is definitely going into the must have recipes!! Thanks…
Allison said,
June 3, 2009 @ 8:02 am
I made it on Monday and it was a big hit! Thanks for posting it.