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.

 1 lb penne pasta
 2 thin chicken breast, cut into bite-size pieces
 1 pt grape tomatoes, cut in half lengthwise
 1.50 cups shredded mozzarella
 1 tbsp olive oil
 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
 1 tbsp fresh chopped basil, or 1 tsp dried basil

1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook pasta according to box directions.

2

Coat pasta in olive oil and balsamic vinegar, then mix in basil.

3

Mix in chicken, 1 cup mozzarella, and then gently fold in tomatoes.

4

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.

5

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.

6

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

 1 lb penne pasta
 2 thin chicken breast, cut into bite-size pieces
 1 pt grape tomatoes, cut in half lengthwise
 1.50 cups shredded mozzarella
 1 tbsp olive oil
 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
 1 tbsp fresh chopped basil, or 1 tsp dried basil

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook pasta according to box directions.

2

Coat pasta in olive oil and balsamic vinegar, then mix in basil.

3

Mix in chicken, 1 cup mozzarella, and then gently fold in tomatoes.

4

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.

5

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.

6

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.

Easy Pasta Lunch
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