Here is yet another recipe that I found on Pinterest. I like pasta, I like asparagus and I’m okay with lemons, so I figured I would try it. I did make one kind of big mistake though. I must have glossed over the part where the recipe said that the chicken would need to be grilled prior to making this dish. I don’t have a grill or a grill pan (but they are on my wedding registry) so I just through the chicken in a regular pan and cooked it. So I’m pretty sure that this meal would’ve tasted ten times better if I had actually grilled the chicken first. Other than that minor issue, the recipe was very easy to make. And it lasted for a very long time. My fiancé went out of town for a work trip and I literally had 1 ½ weeks’ worth of food. Also, one serving of this recipe is less than 400 calories. I’m counting calories now (can’t eat more than 1200 a day) so that’s really important to me nowadays.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 pound of boneless, skinless chicken breasts, grilled and cut into strips
• 1 pound of asparagus, ends removed, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 10 ounces of linguine pasta (spaghetti or fettuccine will also work)
• ¾ cup heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons of butter
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• ⅓ cup finely shredded parmesan cheese
• Optional garnishes: lemon slices and ¼ cup chopped parsley

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