Another Donna Hay? I know. What can I say? As soon as starts to turn warm, I turn to Donna Hay, because nobody does simple, light foods like her.
Now, this pasta was actually supposed to use her: Lemon, Thyme and White Wine Chicken – that you were supposed to make and freeze some of it and then she gave you 3 quick recipes to use it with. The Lemon, Thyme and White Wine Chicken sounded amazing, but I have some leftover rotisserie chicken and used that instead. Don’t worry, I will be making the chicken too, someday.
So, anyway. This was a really quick and easy pasta dish. It wasn’t outstanding or drop-down-dead fantastic, but it was very good, and very simple, and quite pretty to look at, which all add up to a keeper in my book.
Chicken and Caper Pasta
- 2 cups leftover cooked chicken
- ½ pound cooked pasta
- 1 cup flat leaf parsley
- 2 tablespoons capers
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- parmesan cheese for serving
- olive oil
Add a little olive oil in a pan over medium high heat. Add the capers and cook until golden, a minute or two. Add the chicken to warm it up a bit. Toss the chicken caper mix with the rest of the ingredients in a large bowl. Serve topped with some freshly grated parmesan cheese.
Serves 2
This will be my entry for this week’s Presto Pasta Nights hosted by Ruth at Once Upon a Feast.
Kevin says
I like the lemon and caper flavours in this pasta!
Melynda says
Hi Pam, featuring this wonderful recipe on Wednesday's wanderings, thanks.
Mrs.HungryHarp says
Can't wait to try it!
Roz from 'la bella vita' says
Any recipe that combines capers and pasta captures my attention immediately! This sounds wonderful Pam!
Chris says
Well it sure looks excellent and is a fantastic use of leftovers.
grace says
i'm a caper fan--i love that tang! nice, classy dish, pam. 🙂
Tatersmama says
This looks and sounds sooo delicious! I always have leftover roast chicken in the fridge and I've run out of ideas... so this will be perfect! Not sure about the capers though. I've never tried them. ??
Deb in Hawaii says
Of course you had me at capers and lemon--it looks delicious to me.
😉
Mama Zen says
Yummy!
Velva says
I have a Donna Hay cookbook. I need to sit down and rediscover it. Thanks for sharing this really great Spring recipe.
Cheers.
velva
CC11 says
Donna H really is the queen of quick and easy, and so many of her recipes turn out well. I'd love a bowl of pasta right now
Jennifurla says
Very pretty, simple works for me.
Fresh Local and Best says
I'm going to bookmark this because it is as you say good, simple and healthy. It's the perfect portion of everything.
The Blonde Duck says
Popped in to say hi! I love capers. This pasta looks perfect for spring!
Lee says
I just bought a ridicuously large jar of capers from Costco. This recipe looks fantastic!
June says
I'm a caper lover too - boy, there's a lot of us I think. I can't wait to try this one as it looks so fresh and light. The cow's going to go "boo hoo" instead of "moo" though, because I use so much cream in everything but my hips will thank you. LOL
lostpastremembered says
I've got to get her cookbook... you make so many great recipes from it... I love capers too... delicious recipe!
Marjie says
I keep meaning to buy capers. But I haven't seen "warm" yet.
Lynda says
Sounds delicious to me... simple is best most of the time, especially during the week.
Thanks for sharing.
shabby girl says
I like simple and very good! Actually, anything pasta and parmesan cheese is perfect!
MM says
Yay! for this recipe! We're big fans of quick pasta dishes.
Mary says
I love lemon caper sauce on almost anything. I really like your recipe. Have a great day. Blessings...Mary
SusanD says
All my favorites. This will be on my menu in the very near future. Thanks for sharing. Blessings, SusanD
Kalyn says
Love the sound of this. Capers + Parmesan cheese are a great combination!
Joanne says
Simple, quick and delicious? And with capers? Sounds outstanding to me!
Big Dude says
I'm a big fan of lemon caper sauce on pasta and dish one looks very good.
Lea Ann says
I adore capers so know I would adore this.
Peter M says
Simple rules here...nice bright flavour with the capers.
Melynda says
Donna Hay, has such style. I think I will try and get a subscription to her magazine. Yes it is expensive, but hey, so is wasted food. Looking forward to the other chicken recipe also. But you had me at capers, I love those little guys!