Marry Me Chicken Pasta

• servings: 5 servings
• active time: 10 minutes
• total time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

10 oz. Banza chickpea pasta shells

1 1/2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken breasts, cubed

1/2 Tbsp. Italian seasoning

1 tsp. salt

fresh cracked pepper

1 Tbsp. oil from sun-dried tomatoes

2 cups low-fat cottage cheese

3/4 cup low-sodium chicken broth

1 tsp. garlic powder

1 Tbsp. oil from sun-dried tomatoes

1/2 cup parmesan cheese, shredded 56g

1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes (85g)

1 tsp. Italian seasoning

1/2 tsp. salt

fresh cracked pepper

1 1/2 cups spinach, packed

Directions

Bring a pot of water to a boil and add the pasta shells, cook according to the package instructions. If using chickpea pasta, I like to undercook it by a minute so it doesn’t get mushy.

Add the chicken, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper to a large mixing bowl. Mix to evenly coat the chicken.

In a large pan over medium heat, add the oil from the sundried tomatoes. Once hot, add the chicken and cook on each side untouched for 3-4 minutes or until cooked through and no longer pink.

While the chicken cooks, add the cottage cheese, broth, garlic powder and oil from the sundried tomatoes in a high speed blender and blend until smooth and the cottage cheese is no longer chunky or chalky, approximately 4-5 minutes.

Add the cooked and drained pasta to the pan with the chicken, the blended cottage cheese sauce, parmesan cheese, sundried tomatoes, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Stir to melt the cheese and heat the sauce over medium to medium low heat to avoid clumping. You can also remove from the heat prito another burger prior to adding to be sure you do not cause any clumping!

Add the spinach and stir to wilt. Serve topped with freshly chopped basil, parmesan cheese and adjust with salt and pepper, as needed.

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 350 g
• Calories: 539 kcal
• Total Fat: 18 g
• Saturated Fat: 4 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
• Cholesterol: 118 mg
• Sodium: 1192 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 43 g
• Dietary Fiber: 6 g
• Total Sugars: 4 g
• Protein: 58 g