Pesto Chango

Classic Pesto

The first recipe I added to my list for this week is the Chicken Pesto Pizza, then I saw this Classic Pesto recipe. I thought why not kill two birds with one stone, so I made this classic pesto to put on the chicken pesto pizza. The pesto itself was super easy to make. Put everything in a food processor and process. Luckily, I was able to find everything at Walmart (which I never do because I don’t know where anything is there).

The night that I made the pesto, I used it on my picnic sandwich of salami and pepperoni. It was delicious. I’ve always loved pesto as a sandwich topping. 

I don’t know how I feel about it on pasta though. I know it’s in the pasta aisle at the store, but I don’t think I’d ever actually eat it on pasta itself. 

Thumbs up for easy recipe, as long as you have a food processor. I’m storing my pesto in a sealed tight container, but I suspect I’ll use the entire thing on the pizza so I don’t have leftovers. Now to find other recipes I can do this “two for one” thing with.

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Chicken Pesto Pizza

What better way to use the pesto I made than to make a pizza? 

I used the classic pesto I made the week before for this pizza, and since it was such a large area to cover I used the whole thing and didn’t have to waste it! Bonus points! I had all of the vegetables (another bonus! Usually I forget something!). I feel like the amount of vegetables was too much so I didn’t really use everything. Part of an onion, part of a pepper, etc. I used way more cheese than requested by the recipe.. Insert smirking emoji here… Cheese is the best.

I spent literally 15 minutes looking for the pre-cooked chicken I bought and could not find it. I’m a little upset, I guess it didn’t get bagged when we were bagging up the cart. Thankfully, my mom had some leftover fried chicken so I just pulled the batter off and stuck it on the pizza. I think it worked out nicely, but not as perfect as the pre-cooked chicken from the deli section would have been! 

I used Pillsbury pizza dough, because I hate making dough to needs kneading and Pillsbury has been my favorite since the first time I’ve made my own pizza at home. The overall product was delicious and I would make this again probably one day. Thumbs up!

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Asian Veggie Glass Noodles

Walking through the international aisle at the grocery store, I could NOT find the bean thread noodles. Not sure if I’m just half blind or if my store just doesn't sell them. I opted for rice noodles, because those are just as good right? Instead of following the recipe’s instructions on how to cook the noodles, I went by what the box of noodles said and I think it worked out perfectly. The last time I made rice noodles did not go so well (I don’t think it was for this blog). A lot of them ended up crunch still because I didn't add enough hot water... lesson learned!

As for the veggies, I thought they were all delicious, though I feel like there was a bit too much in my wok (I’m calling it that, not sure if it was truly a wok) and not enough noodles. I did however only have one serving leftover so that’s good for my lunch! I like having more than just me and my fiance to cook for, living at my parents house there is plenty of people to cook for for the next couple months! Now I just have to be able to afford the cooking… I’ve spend too much just on the last week’s groceries, but it’s nice knocking some recipes off the list!

The asian veggie glass noodles were delicious. Instead of hard boiled eggs, I went ahead and fried them in a skillet like I normally make eggs. I didn’t serve them in a bowl, but that doesn’t affect the taste right? It was good and I’d consider making it again if it didn’t take so many ingredients. Plus I don’t have all my spices with me and it’s putting a damper on what I can actually make! Thumbs up.

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These recipes were paired with Ingrid Goes West