Low Carb Pesto Chicken Pasta – Diabetic Pesto Chicken Pasta Recipe
As a diabetic, I believe in living a low carb life. This low carb pesto chicken pasta recipe is delicious!! I saw a similar recipe on a tv show I was watching and came up with this diabetic pesto chicken pasta recipe.
I choose to live a low carb lifestyle because when I eat processed carbs (crackers, cereals, breads, other boxed products) my sugars skyrocket, which requires me to take insulin and then my sugars tend to fall quickly from these types of carbs. This blood sugar roller coaster is the worst because then I overeat when my sugars are low and the whole situation happens again:(
I used zucchini for the noodles. With my spiralizer, I was able to make zucchini noodles that were delicious!! Sometimes I sauté them in avocado oil, but this time I used a little chicken broth in the microwave and cooked them to al dente, so they had a little crunch. Here’s the spiralizer I used and how to make zucchini noodles.
For the pesto sauce for the low carb pesto chicken pasta, I used walnuts which is unconventional but I had walnuts in my pantry so I figured I’d make them work. In the end, the walnuts in the pesto were DELICIOUS!!
I used a blender to make the pesto sauce, I started with 1 cup of walnuts, 1 cup of parmesean cheese and one cup of basil leaves (from my garden, yay!) and two cloves of garlic then I drizzled the olive oil in until it was saucy while pulsing the blender.
If you have jarred pesto in your pantry, totally use that!! I had a ton of basil from our garden, so I thought I should use it up.
| Prep Time | 5 minutes |
| Cook Time | 2 minutes |
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- 1 lb cooked chicken breasts sliced thin lengthwise
- 1 large zucchini for noodles, otherwise buy a package at the store
- 1 cup pesto recipe below
- 1 cup walnuts try pine nuts or macadamia nuts
- 1 cup basil leaves
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 cup Parmesan cheese
- 1 cup olive oil this is an estimate
Ingredients
Homemade Pesto Sauce
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- For the Pesto: add nuts, basil leaves, garlic, parmesan and 1/2 the oil in the blender.
- Pulse together, then drizzle olive oil until the pesto is saucy.
- Add zucchini noodles & 1/2 cup chicken broth to bowl, cover with plastic wrap and microwave for 2 minutes. If you prefer, you can sauté the noodles in avocado oil until they are the done ness you want.
- Add pesto to noodles and mix.
- Add sliced chicken to pesto noodle mixture.
- Enjoy:) Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese if you like:)
For the chicken, I used this recipe for baked italian chicken.
