Penne Pasta With Grilled Chicken And Roasted Tomatoes

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 grilled chicken breasts, boneless, skinless, chopped (optional)
• 8 ounces grape tomatoes
• 1 -2 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon dried basil or 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
• salt and pepper
• 3 cups mini penne pasta, uncooked
• water or chicken broth, to cook pasta in
• 3/4 cup wine
• 1/4 cup favorite italian dressing, not creamy (i used northern italian)
• 10 -15 black olives or 1/4 cup sliced black olives

Recipe

• 1 marinate chicken in favorite marinade and grill until done. you can leave out the chicken for a great vegetarian meal.
• 2 heat oven to 400 degrees. mix tomatoes with oil, basil and salt and pepper to taste. roast for 12 minutes in shallow baking pan.
• 3 meanwhile, cook pasta according to directions in water or broth add 1/4 cup wine.
• 4 smash cooked tomatoes with back of wooden spoon.
• 5 chop chicken, if using.
• 6 drain pasta.
• 7 mix pasta, tomatoes, chicken and olives together. add wine and dressing.
• 8 serve warm.