Fettuccine Toss

“Chicken & bell peppers tossed with fettuccine in a white wine sauce”

Fettuccine toss

This is a recipe from my wife’s family which has become a go to recipe for us over the years. Mainly because it’s so easy to prepare and tastes out of this world. I have made many changes to this recipe over the past several years and this has been the end result which is absolutely amazing. It’s easy to make on any night of the week when time is short. Also there are many ways to change it up to meet your needs or likings. You could change the chicken for shrimp which my mother-in-law does quiet frequently. Change the type of pasta- whole wheat pasta, gluten free pasta, and so on. In the following pictures I used linguini since I was out of fettuccini. Another change could be to add different vegetables instead of or along with the bell peppers. Just let your imagination run wild and see what you come up with.

I’m not sure exactly where this recipe came from but I do know the reason why my mother-in-law made this recipe. Many years ago when my wife was a little girl she had went with her family to SeaWorld. There she remembers eating a very greasy hamburger. She just didn’t feel right after eating the burger. She became increasingly more ill as time passed while at SeaWorld. After being violently sick for twelve hours straight my wife ended up in the ER. The doctors had many test done with no answer to why she was so ill. Finally they called in a gastroenterologist. There he diagnosed her with pancreatitis. The gastroenterologist told her she was one of youngest he had ever had with this. She had to be on an extremely low fat diet so she could recover and get back to normal. Thats where this recipe fits in. The original recipe was extremely low in fat and healthy.

My recipe still stays true to the recipe in terms of how healthy this dish is overall. To make it even more healthy and low in fat you can substitute whole wheat pasta and use all olive oil instead of the butter. Also if you don’t want to use wine you could use chicken stock, but in my opinion the wine just adds so much more flavor to the overall dish. Like I said above this recipe has gone through many different variations until I came up with this final recipe that has become my go to pasta dish when we are in the mood for something healthy. I still switch up some of the ingredients depending on what I have in the fridge of fresh from the garden.

I hope you enjoy this quick, simple, & healthy recipe and can share this with your family.

Enjoy!!!

Fettuccine toss