Clean Eating Peanut Tahini Pasta
Ya, this one is goooood.
My friend brought me a plate of something the other day and asked if I could make a “healthy” version. She got it at the cafeteria where she works.
I never even got to try it. I just looked at what was in it, took a sniff, and got to work.
I still don’t know if I came close or not, but she sure did love my version. I did too. I’ll make this one again and again. Seriously yummy!
Here’s what I did:
Clean Eating Peanut Tahini Pasta
(Makes 16 servings)
Ingredients
8 oz (1/2 package) whole wheat spaghetti noodles
16 oz (1 package) frozen spinach
4 chicken breasts
16 oz. package cherry tomatoes (or other small tomatoes) – cut in half.
1 tsp. olive oil
1/2 cup chicken or vegetable broth
Sauce
1/2 cup peanut butter
8 oz (1 package) tahini
1 cup non fat milk (approximate)
Directions
Step 1 – Cook noodles and spinach in the same pot.
Step 2 – Cut up chicken and cook in a pan using 1 tsp olive oil and a half cup of chicken or vegetable broth.
Step 3 – Sauce – mix all ingredients together with a whisk.
Step 4 – Combine everything together in a bowl.
Eat and Enjoy!
Munchkin Helpers:
If you have little ones, here’s how they can help (With close supervision, of course).
Let little ones wash the tomatoes, and help mix the peanut sauce.
Older kids can do some of the cooking and mixing of the final dish.
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Nutritional Content
1 serving = 1 cup
Nutritional Information not available at this time. This post will be updated as soon as this data is available.
Caution: Any time a child is in the kitchen, they will require close supervision. Munchkin Helpers suggestions should be applied with common sense to your own child, taking their own capabilities into account. Do not assume that because it says here that your child can do something, that they can, in fact do it. Please use common sense when in the kitchen with your child(ren).
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12 comments
Sounds wonderful. I have been avoiding pastas while losing weight but I think as a treat I’ll make this beautiful and obviously tasty plate!
Areta – Treats are an important part of losing weight. Let me know how you like it!
This might be a silly question, but what exactly is “tahini?” I’m new to clean eating, but I noticed that this ingredient is in a package, and I thought most “packaged” foods are no-nos. But it sounds DELISH!
Stacey – Certain packaged foods are okay. It all comes down to the ingredient list. Tahini is “mooshed up” sesame seeds. So long as you recognize (what should be a very small list) each and ever ingredient in the list, you should be okay. Most Tahini is clean. But please do read the labels.
Do you mix the sauce in the pan you cooked the chicken in over heat or you mix it cold?
Sally – Thanks! I need to clarify that in the recipe. I mix the sauce in a separate bowl and mix it with the pasta as a last step, after everything has been cooked and is done.
Tiffany,at what point do you add the tomatoes? Thanks for the recipe!
Elena – At the end. You don’t want to heat them.
I tried this last night, I thought it was a little too “peanutty” for my taste, but ok. maybe I put too much tahini in, I had a “jar” 8-oz. ?
Colette – The tahini would not have made it taste to “peanutty”. The peanut butter would have done that. Maybe next time try using 1/4 cup instead. I really like the flavor of peanut butter, so it was yummy to me.
I tried this the other night. Hubby thought it was too much PB… I didn’t think so. I think next time I’ll halve the PB and add some other veggies and maybe some pepper flakes to spice it up a bit. It’s a great recipe. Thank you for sharing.
Glad you liked it! My husband and I really enjoy PB. I can understand where it may be a bit strong for some folks.
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