Oh my! doesn’t the sauce sound so good?? well I assure you it is. I have no idea if there are already recipes out there for avocado ricotta sauce for pasta but both ingredients were on hand and going to go bad within the next couple days – so I wanted to use them.
Colin brought home chicken breasts and I thought Hey! why not try and make a nice pasta dinner…..
I have no idea what to call it, hence the weird title of this post but here is my recipe:
[serves 4]
Ingredients:
- 2-3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (thawed and washed)
- 1 ripe avocado (you can definitely add another if you want more of that flavour)
- 1 500g container of ricotta cheese
- 1/4 cup of low fat sour cream
- fresh chopped basil leaves (or a tsp of dried)
- 1 tsp of clubhouse parmesan and herbs spice (or parm)
- 1 tsp of garlic salt
- dash of thyme
- pepper to taste
- 3 cups whole wheat pasta of your choice (the rule is btwn 1/2-1 cup dry pasta per person but use your discretion)
- 1-2 Tbsp olive oil
- chopped small zucchini
- 6-10 grape tomatoes (sliced lengthwise in three)
- 1 clove of garlic minced
- one slice of onion (any kind) chopped
- ~ 2 cups of kale
Directions:
- Rub chicken with chicken rub or desired spices (I use a no sodium chicken rub from epicure) You can cook chicken however you wish. I got Colin to cook our in a frying pan until the juices ran clear and meat was cooked through.
- In a large pot cook pasta according to package directions.
- In a medium sauce pan or pot add ricotta and cubed avocado (you can either pre mush the avocado or mush it as it gets warmer with the stir spoon)
- Stir ingredients and keep heat on med-low until combined.
- On a separate skillet add olive oil and sauté veg, kale and onion – add garlic once everything else looks cooked.
- Once the ricotta sauce is warm add in your sour cream. (you can add more, or add milk to make it less thick).
- Add the herbs and spices to the sauce and turn temp to low.
- Drain the pasta and pour into a serving bowl.
- Chop cooked chicken into bite-sized cubes.
- You can either mix everything together OR put the pasta, then sauce, then chicken and veg. It all tastes AMAZING regardless of how it’s presented
* this recipe IS high in fat but most of them are extremely good fats from the olive oil and avocado – so eat without fear For healthier options, don’t use store bought spices with high sodium, bake or grill chicken and use quinoa instead of pasta
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Questions:
1. ever made a sauce from avocado?? what was in it??
This was my first time but I am really loving the light taste but full body the avocado offers and I’ll definitely be adding it into more of my recipes
2. favourite way to eat chicken??
grilled. or wings
that sauce looks amazing!
thanks it was tasty
I haven’t made a sauce out of avocado but I love avocado! They are a staple in my diet.
This was my first time and I was shocked at how good it tasted
I highly recommend the sauce!
You had me at avocado! Looks amazing
Thanks Heather
I hope wedding planning is coming along! I am so excited to see all the DIY stuff 
xo
That looks amazing but I am scared away by recipes that have that many ingrediants lol I like cooking but I can’t afford to cook everything from scratch so I do my best to eat as clean as I can.
Maybe I will write the recipe down for later lol
Thanks for sharing!!
LOL ya it was a lot of ingredients but most of it is just herbs and spices
and we’re the same way – only make it if it’s cheaper. I also have a super unhealthy delicious truffle recipe coming up
lol
Making a grocery list for this right now! I love love love avocado and it looks like an awesome way to eat it!
That sounds delicious! I am not nearly brave enough to make up my own food with “ingredients I had on hand.” Wow!
lol
thanks so much. You know what, I have way more fails than I do successes but food is something I really enjoy trying to understand. I tend to smell ingredients next to each other or taste and smell…..just like my gravatar picture 
lol
Just made this! A HUGE hit! Everyone here loves it! Thanks for the great idea.
I am sooooooooooooooooooooo excited that everyone liked it
I thought it tasted amazing. Hopefully the measurements turned out ok, as I originally just made it for myself 
lol
I will definitely be making that sauce again – so easy!
I doubled it so we could have it for a few days.
Usually no one can agree on a recipe that we all like but everyone loved it! I am planning on making your tofu sometime soon!
OO this sounds awesome! i’ve yet to make a saucie with avocados, but maybe it’s about time I tried. I think I’ll have to give this a shot using Greek yogurt instead of sour cream. My mom has a TON of kale in her garden that needs some eating.
you should try – I couldn’t believe how the flavours just melted in my mouth. YUM!!!!!!
and I love kale!!!! I can’t wait to grow my own next summer.