2. Ingredients
1 butternut squash , around 700g/1lb 9oz, halved
2 courgettes , cubed
1 onion , chopped
2 red peppers , deseeded and cut into 2cm/1in pieces
4 thyme sprigs, leaves removed
4 tbsp olive oil
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts , cut into 2cm/1in
pieces
juice 1 and a 1/2 lemons
4 tbsp pesto
16 cherry tomatoes
600g penne pasta
3. Procedure
Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/ gas 6. Put the
vegetables into a large roasting tin. Scatter with the
thyme and season. Drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil and
roast for 40 mins, turning halfway.
Meanwhile, soak 8 wooden skewers. Put the chicken
into a shallow dish, then mix with the lemon juice and
pesto.
Thread the chicken and tomatoes onto the skewers,
then put onto a roasting tray. Drizzle with the rest of
the olive oil and roast for 20 mins, turning once, until
the chicken is cooked through. Boil the pasta. Toss
half of the roasted vegetables and pasta together,
then serve with the pesto chicken kebabs.
4. Step 1
Buying grocery form Park ‘n’ Shop.
Chicken breasts
Thyme leaves
Pesto
Butternut squash(pumpkin)
Olive oil
Cherry tomatoes
Red bell peppers
5.
6. Step 2
I seasoned the chicken with 4 tbsp of pesto and 1 ½ of lemon
and mixed it.
8. Step 4
Making Kebabs by threading the diced chicken
breasts, onions, bell peppers and cherry tomatoes
on the pre-soaked wooden skewers and roast it in
the oven for 40 minutes; occasionally turning it.
9. Step 5
Roasting vegetables. First I took a mixing bowl
and put all the diced vegetables and seasoned
it with 4tbsp of olive oil and thyme.