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Start the Year Right! Italian Chicken Bake with Creamy Pesto and Herbed Pistachios

  • Writer: Suzanne Clark
    Suzanne Clark
  • Dec 20, 2018
  • 1 min read

Come January, most of us are ready for some healthy recipes. To help you keep those New Year’s resolutions, I have a great recipe that is full of flavor and healthy ingredients like Challenge Butter and Cream Cheese. This “one dish wonder” uses one of my favorite cooking methods to create juicy and tender chicken every time! Chicken breasts are braised with classic Italian vegetables, then topped with a creamy basil pesto sauce. To give this dish a punch of flavor and crunch, I added pan roasted pistachios covered with Italian Herbs. The best thing is this dish is so simple and delicious you will want to make it for a weeknight diner, but it is fancy enough to serve for dinner guests!

Eating right has never tasted so good. Here’s to a healthy new year!


 
 

Ingredients

  • 1 ¼ cups of Member's Mark Unsalted Sweet Cream Butter (used throughout)

  • 3 cups of Member's Mark Buttermilk Pancake Mix

  • 2 cups of Member's Mark Vitamin D Whole Milk

  • 2 Member's Mark Pasture Raised Grade A Large Brown Eggs

  • 5 teaspoons of Magnolia-Star Pure Vanilla Extract (used throughout)

  • 2 cups of Driscoll's Sweetest Batch Blueberries

  • 1 cup of Member's Mark Organic 100% Pure Maple Syrup

  • Member's Mark Original Dairy Whipped Topping

  • 1 cup of Member's Mark Honey Almond Granola

 

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

  2. Place ¼ cup (½ of a stick) of butter on a 13”x 8” sheet pan. Place it in the oven to melt the butter while making the batter.

  3. In a mixing bowl, combine the pancake mix, eggs, milk, and 2 teaspoons of vanilla. Stir until combined. Note: Batter will still be lumpy, let it sit for 3-4 minutes before baking.

  4. Pour batter onto the sheet pan with the melted butter. Use a spatula to spread batter, creating an even surface. Sprinkle berries on top.

  5. Place the sheet pan into the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned on top and cooked through.

  6. Let cool slightly, then cut into 12 squares.

  7. While the pancakes are baking, create your syrup. Place 1 cup of butter (2 sticks) in a saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring continuously. Continue cooking the butter once melted, until the butter begins to brown and smells fragrant. Remove from heat (butter will continue to brown)

  8. Stir 3 teaspoons of vanilla and the maple syrup into the butter, and stir until combined.

  9. To serve, place a pancake on a plate. Top with syrup and a sprinkle of granola on top.

 

Yield: 12 pancakes/2 cups of syrup

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