Grilled Chicken Pesto Pasta

I love pasta as much (or maybe more) than the next person, so its no surprise it shows up on our menu at least once a week. This week, I had a big craving for pesto, so I used this recipe and modified it to work for my family. This is a really simple weeknight dish to throw together.

Ingredients

• 1 box of spaghetti
• 1/2 cup of prepared pesto
• Grilled chicken (I buy the frozen, pre-cooked kind...it's the weeknight, don't judge)
• 1/4 cup of sun dried tomatoes (optional...but why would you opt no?)
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• Parmesan cheese (optional)

Instructions

Cook spaghetti in 4 cups of boiled, salted water (the salt helps your pasta not stick together). While water is boiling, heat the chicken in a skillet over medium-high heat. Once your spaghetti is cooked and drained, return it to the pot you boiled it in. Add the pesto and stir until well blended. Then add in the sun dried tomatoes. By now, your chicken should be heated, so go ahead and add that to your pot and stir it all together. Sprinkle in the parmesan cheese so it melts in to the pasta, and enjoy!