Easy Pasta Lunch
This quick and easy meal prep recipe gives a healthy pasta lunch that is great to grab and go. Packaged as a freezer meal in lunch portions and reheats well.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook pasta according to box directions.
Coat pasta in olive oil and balsamic vinegar, then mix in basil.
Mix in chicken, 1 cup mozzarella, and then gently fold in tomatoes.
Pour pasta mixture into a 13x9 glass casserole dish (if you don't have glass, grease the pan you have). Top with remaining mozzarella, cover with foil, and bake for 25-30 minutes.
Allow pasta to cool, then bag into 5 quart-sized freezer bags. Squeeze as much air out as you can, then seal and lay the bags flat in the freezer.
When you are ready to eat, take a bag out and reheat for about 3 minutes. Since this is often a meal to take to work, it can be defrosted in a refrigerator until lunchtime. If defrosted, reduce reheat time to about 2 minutes.
Ingredients
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook pasta according to box directions.
Coat pasta in olive oil and balsamic vinegar, then mix in basil.
Mix in chicken, 1 cup mozzarella, and then gently fold in tomatoes.
Pour pasta mixture into a 13x9 glass casserole dish (if you don't have glass, grease the pan you have). Top with remaining mozzarella, cover with foil, and bake for 25-30 minutes.
Allow pasta to cool, then bag into 5 quart-sized freezer bags. Squeeze as much air out as you can, then seal and lay the bags flat in the freezer.
When you are ready to eat, take a bag out and reheat for about 3 minutes. Since this is often a meal to take to work, it can be defrosted in a refrigerator until lunchtime. If defrosted, reduce reheat time to about 2 minutes.
