Pesto and Sundried Tomato Pasta

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 pound Farfelle Pasta or bowtie pasta

  cooked al dente
• 1/3 cup reserved pasta water
• 1 pound protein your choice

  chicken cubes, shrimp, ground turkey, chicken sausage
• 1/2 cup Pesto
• 1/3 cup Heavy Cream
• 1/3 cup chopped Sundried Tomatoes
• 1/2 Lemon

  juiced
• 1/4 cup fresh Basil for garnish

  torn or chopped

Instructions

• 1 Cook pasta al dente, even a little under done, because pasta is going to
  continue to cook with sauce. I cooked my pasta for 6 minutes. Reserve 1/3 cup
  pasta water before draining pasta. Set pasta aside.
• 2 In a large shallow pan cook protein, in a tablespoon of olive oil, until fully
  cooked, letting it get a little browned, this adds flavor.
• 3 Now toss in cooked pasta, pesto, cream, and pasta water, toss until fully
  incorporated then add lemon juice, sundried tomatoes, cook for just a few
  minutes. Remove from heat top with fresh basil and….

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