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Paleo Chicken & Parsley Pasta

A quick and easy meal to whip together with the simplest ingredients - but tons of flavour!

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients

  • 2 chicken breasts
  • 1 spaghetti squash
  • 1 cup frozen peas
  • small handful fresh parsley, finely chopped, or 2-3 tbsp dried parsley
  • 1 medium onion, diced
  • 3 tbsp avocado oil
  • 1-2 tsp garlic (minced or powder)
  • sea salt to taste

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400F.

  2. Add avocado oil, garlic and onion to pan and sauté over medium heat until softened.

  3. Meanwhile, cut squash in half and place flesh-down on baking sheet. At same time, place chicken breast in oven-safe dish, lid on. Bake both 40 mins. (Alternately, slice chicken into strips and add to sautéed onion. Cook fully.)

  4. Once cooked, remove chicken from oven and shred with two forks. Remove squash from oven and pull apart the spaghetti-like noodles. Add both to pan with onion.

  5. Add peas and parsley and stir another 5 minutes. Serve hot.