Rama's Chicken Pasta with Roasted Pine Nuts and Goat Cheese

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  • Number of Servings: 3
Ingredients
1 Cup (uncooked) Whole Wheat Rotini1 Medium Tomato Chopped1 Cup Chopped Watercress2 Green Onion2 Tsp Olive Oil1 Chicken Breast (about 10 oz)1 oz goat cheese3 Tablespoons Roasted Pine NutsCrushed Red Pepper to tasteSalt to tastePepper to taste
Directions
First Chop your tomato, watercress, and green onions. Set aside.

Cook pasta as directed on package, drain and set aside.

Slice chicken into small thin pieces. Spray large nonstick skillet with spray olive oil or Pam. Heat pan on med high and then throw Chicken in when it is hot. Season chicken with crushed red pepper, salt and pepper. Cook chicken until cooked through completely and it starts to brown. Remove chicken from skillet and set aside.

Add 2 tsp of olive oil to pan and add the green onion, cook until fragrant, reduce heat to medium and add tomatoes, cooked chicken and pasta, heat until warm.

Remove pasta mixture from heat and toss in watercress, goat cheese (crumbled), and top with roasted Pine Nuts.

Number of Servings: 3

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user RAMARAMA.

Servings Per Recipe: 3
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 330.7
  • Total Fat: 13.5 g
  • Cholesterol: 60.8 mg
  • Sodium: 357.1 mg
  • Total Carbs: 25.8 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 4.1 g
  • Protein: 27.3 g

Member Reviews
  • BON062329
    Added chopped onion and garlic to the green onion and sauteed. Very tasty. - 1/15/11
  • PRINCESSNURSE
    AMAZING!!!! I substitutes a can of fire roasted tomatoes (with juice drained) for the chopped tomato and used fresh spinich instead of watercress. The whole family loved it! It tastes like a restaurant meal :-) Thanks for posting this! - 4/19/10
  • CD5972750
    Pretty good. Will make again with a couple changes, for example replacing feta for the goat cheese. I think the flavor would be better in this case. - 12/7/09
  • CASSI2106
    My husband and I both thought this was EXCELLENT. We loved the pine nuts and goat cheese.... it made this chicken dish a little different from the rest and GREAT! - 9/21/09
  • DEDDAJJ
    Both my husband and I loved this. I made some substitutions, such as chopped walnuts forthe pine nuts. It was great even with the changes. - 3/10/08
  • SUEPIC
    Excellent! My kids loved this. - 2/26/08
  • AOIBHINN
    Really quick and easy - My husband loved it - I didn't tell him it was good for him. - 2/24/08
  • VLEDINSKAYA
    My husband and I liked it a lot. Replaced goats cheese with Greek feta cheese which is less in calories and it still tasted good! Will definitely make it again. Thanks! - 2/10/08
  • 1234MOM
    This was a yummy mix of flavors. A good base for substitutions if you don't have all the ingredients. - 2/6/08