Comments on: Grilled Chicken Spinach Pesto Pasta

By: Fab Frugal Food » Fab Frugal Friday: Don’t Throw Out That Wilted Salad! Turn Leftover Salad into Frugal Pesto

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:32:55 +0000

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By: Kristin

Kristin — Tue, 18 May 2010 21:29:53 +0000

Made this last night, used store bought pesto (have spinach, mint and basil growing in my garden right now to make homemade) and it was amazingly good! I served mine with homemade whole wheat rolls. My kids are not picky eaters and my 6 yo daughter asked, “why are my noodles green,” thanks to Amy I had a quick response handy, “because these are the kind Shrek eats!” She gobbled them up.
I ate leftovers for lunch with plenty left for tomorrow’s lunch. Thanks for a great keeper recipe!

By: Sophie

Sophie — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:22:51 +0000

Homemade pesto from the garden? Very impressive, what a fresh and tasty meal .

By: Bette

Bette — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:19:09 +0000

I actually have a similar recipe (without carrots) that I make. The first time I made it, 2 out of 3 kids ate it. I was shocked… I thought for sure they would not eat green pasta either. I had leftovers ready in the fridge if they all refused. Turned out only one picky child didn’t eat it and now it’s part our of monthly menu (the third child gets leftovers).

By: Barbara Miller

Barbara Miller — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 03:50:42 +0000

Yum. I love this recipe so much I linked it to my blog to share with all my friends. I really enjoy reading your blog and your great recipes. Thanks for sharing.

By: Micki

Micki — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:48:40 +0000

I made this tonight except i swapped out the carrots for artichokes (found a crazy deal). and it was AMAZING. We served it alongside homemade Algerian flatbread and still came in under $5 for our family of 8!

By: Marisa

Marisa — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:39:49 +0000

My kids love pesto! And they are generally pretty picky.

By: Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom

Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:02:49 +0000

@Jen, LOVE it! Spinach would tame down the store bought pesto for sure! Great thinking!

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:57:02 +0000

This is one of my six year old’s favorite dishes, and the kid is picky! He won’t eat pizza, or grilled cheese, or peanut butter, and on and on. But I mix store bought pesto with 2 cups of spinach in the blender and call it “monster noodles” kind of like the shrek pasta idea. I think the spinach kind of mellows out the pesto and sneaks in veggies.

By: Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom

Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:24:43 +0000

@Deidra, Yes...it's linked in the post above.