Alfredo Chicken Pasta Toss - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 4 cups uncooked rotini, penne or bow-tie (farfalle) pasta (8 oz)
- 1 1/2 cups frozen sweet peas (from 1-lb bag)
- 1 cup shredded carrots (2 small)
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into thin bite-size strips
- 1 jar (16 oz) Alfredo pasta sauce
- 2 teaspoons dried basil leaves
Instructions
- In 4-quart Dutch oven, cook and drain pasta as directed on package, adding peas and carrots during last 5 minutes of cooking. Drain; return to Dutch oven.
- Meanwhile, in 10-inch nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add chicken; cook 9 to 11 minutes, stirring frequently, until chicken is no longer pink in center.
- Stir chicken, Alfredo sauce and basil into pasta mixture in Dutch oven. Cook and stir over medium heat until thoroughly heated.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Chicken Breast, Basil.
Skinless chicken breast, often heralded for its lean nutritional profile, is undeniably a powerhouse when it comes to protein content. With an impressive 21 grams of protein packed into every 100 grams of the breast, it emerges as a preferred choice for those conscious about their protein intake. Delving deeper into the nutritional matrix of chicken, one can't overlook the copious amounts of vitamin B6 it houses. This particular vitamin plays an indispensable role in our body, especially when di...
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