Chicken Pesto Pasta with Veggies!!

I had two different recipes in front of me tonight- one sounded great but called for flour and I didn't really want that and the other called for tons of cheese and cream! All that I love but I was trying make my pasta semi-healthy yet super tastey! While cooking my middle child, Justus, whose four came out of his bedroom talking about how good it all smelled from his room and he couldn't wait to eat! It was a huge hit!! And SO SO easy! So here's the recipe! (Pictures below!!)

-1 box of chicken stock
-1 box of linguini pasta (or whatever you prefer 12-16 oz)
-3-4 chicken breast
-1/4 cup of (EVOO) Extra Virgin Olive Oil
-2 table spoons of lemon pepper seasoning
-5 cloves of garlic
-a few spoonfuls of capers
-2 medium carrots peeled with julienne peeler and cut into 1 inch strips (or 1/2 cup of match stick style carrots)
-2cups of broccoli florets (I used frozen and trimmed them up)
-1/2 cup of frozen peas
-1 medium red bell pepper or 5 mini bell peppers chopped length wise and cut into 1 inch strips (I used mini and they were yellow, orange, and red)
1/2 cup of pesto!

Ok here's what to do

Using the The Deep Covered Baker
-Break pasta in 1/2 and put in baker
-pour in stock
-add 1tablespoon of lemon pepper seasoning
-mince 3 cloves of the garlic in the baker
Now put it in the microwave for 14 minutes (you may check it 1/2 way thru and stir a little)

While that's in the microwave cook the chicken- I used my favorite grill pan from pampered chef!
-Pour oil in the pan
-Mince 2 cloves of garlic into the pan
-Place the chicken in the pan
-Sprinkle a tablespoon of lemon pepper on the chicken
-Top with a few spoonfuls of capers
-Cook on medium/high heat flip after 7 minutes

Now the pasta should be close to getting thru-
-Once it's out of the microwave add all the veggies (carrots, broccoli, peas, and peppers)
-Stir and pop back in the microwave for 2 1/2 minutes!
Once chicken is cooked-
-cut the chicken up
-Return the chicken to the pan
-Pour all contents of the pan (chicken oil, garlic, capers) into the baker!!
-now add the pesto!
-Stir and enjoy!

*note if you're avoiding carbs- steam up lots of veggies in the micro steamer (add garlic and lemon pepper and a little olive oil once steamed)
Then top with the chicken!!


(One more note- The pasta ends up soaking up tons of the broth- I do not drain it at all! The leftover starchy broth will help "marry" all the flavors together!!)