Quick and Easy Chicken Pasta Dinner

My daughter was sick and I had very little in the house, I usually shop when the kids are at school.  So, this is a quick easy meal with items most people would have in the house.

Quick and Easy Chicken Pasta Dinner

-2 chicken breasts
-1 can of tomatoes
-1 tablespoon olive oil
-1 carrot, peel sliced and coined
-1 onion
-1 yellow pepper, chopped
-1 red pepper, chopped
-1 clove of garlic
-1 teaspoon parsley flakes
-1/2 teaspoon chili powder
-1 teaspoon italian seasoning
-salt and pepper
-rotini noodles

-in a large sauce pan add olive oil, onion, carrots, garlic and peppers.  Cook until onions transparent.  Pepper should be soft as well.  Add the can of tomatoes, spices, and salt and pepper and allow to simmer for 30 minutes.  In a frying pan on medium heat cook chicken in olive oil and brown on either side.  Slice the chicken and place in tomato sauce.  Allow to cook together for 20 minutes.  Serve over rotini noodles.

Organic Yellow Tomato Pasta Sauce with chicken

Today I went to Leslieville's farmer's market, where I purchased a basket of organic yellow tomatoes.  Today in Toronto there is a chill in the air and it is perfect weather for simmering sauce all day.

Tomato Sauce

-one basket of Roma tomatoes, blanched (I used yellow Roma tomatoes)
-3 cloves of garlic sliced
-1 medium onion chopped
-olive oil
-salt and pepper
-2 tablespoons chili powder
-1 teaspoon Balsamic vinegar

In a large sauce pan place blanched Roma tomatoes.  To blench boil water and with each tomato with a knife make a small X then place in boiling water for a few seconds the skin rolls up and can be pulled off.  Heat oil and add tomatoes, onions and garlic and allow to simmer on medium low heat for a few hours.  Purée in a blender for a smoother sauce.

Tomato Sauce ingredients

-1 onion chopped
-2 cloves of garlic minced
-1 red pepper
-1 green pepper
-2  handfuls of mushrooms finely chopped
-1 zucchini chopped

-In a frying pan fry on a medium onions until soft, add peppers and garlic, then add to sauce.  Add the mushrooms to they frying pan and sauté until cooked, add to sauce.  Then add zucchini to pan and fry up add to sauce.

 I had left over chicken breast from last night, I cut up in the frying pan and heated it up, added sauce and cooked together for a few minutes until the chicken was warmed.