Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Vegetable Pesto Salad

Last night's dinner started out as a recipe by mom made for us over the weekend, and turned into something much simpler but just as delicious. My plan was to make her stir fry that included shrimp, broccoli, red and yellow peppers and mushrooms tossed in homemade pesto and served over spaghetti.
As I started cooking, I decided to swap the shrimp for grilled chicken and eliminate the pasta.
If you're looking for a very quick and healthy meal.. this is it!

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Recipe:
2 bunches broccoli
1 red pepper
1 yellow pepper
1 green pepper
1 box portobello mushrooms
1/2 lb chicken, seasoned with salt, pepper and olive oil and grilled.

Pesto:
2 cups fresh basil
2 gloves garlic
1/4 cup good olive oil
1/4 cup pine nuts
blend in food processor and serve.

16 comments:

  1. huh-never thought about adding pesto-I will have to give that a try :)

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  2. ahh..looks amazing! I can never get enough of pesto! :)

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  3. i eat stir fry @ least once a week - all veggies .. never put pesto with it tho - might have to try that one!

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  4. OH MY GOSH, I wish I could have been there for dinner!!!!! This recipe looks so, so delicious and super healthy! Reminds me of us making chicken fajitas :)XOXOXOX

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  5. delicious! that looks unreal. i definitely want to try that.

    xx anna jane

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  6. So simple and looks great!!! Thanks for another fun weeknight meal!

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  7. Your pictures always make my mouth water! This sounds amazing. I'm a big pesto fan. We make it every week but usually have it over fish with quinoa, sometimes bake it on tomatoes and definitely have it with wholewheat pasta. I had it last night in fact :) Gotta give this a try. I have a huge batch of homemade pesto {the basil was particularly amazing this week!} waiting for me at home with only one person home to eat it!

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  8. YUM! I putting this recipe on my inspiration dish list, it looks full of flavor!

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  9. OMG I HAVE to try this recipe!! It looks amazing and so healthy! Did Ariel really eat this?? There so much green! hahaha

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  10. Oh, this looks amazing! I must try it.
    xo Josie
    http://winksmilestyle.blogspot.com

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  11. I just had stir fry last night, but this looks WAY better! I love the idea of a pesto stir fry. Thanks for the recipe, I'm definitely going to try it!

    xo
    Valerie

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  12. WOW! Making this tonight...between you and Annie I haven't opened a cook book all week.

    I have a huge pot of basil and I was going to make pesto with anyways! Can't wait to try it!

    Alleen

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  13. Of course Ariel didn't eat this!! I had to make him something separate!!!

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  14. I've totally been craving pesto lately and have never tried it in a stir fry. Good grief does this ever look good!!

    xoxo,
    Carrie

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  15. I would definitely make this...wish I saw this one hr ago before I ran into the grocery store. printing it now!

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  16. this sounds amazing. i'm definitely book marking this to try it later.

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Thanks for your lovely thoughts xx Nikki

With Love, Nikki