Most Ingredients Aren't Planned

Since I was listening to Vida Blue while prepping dinner... I thought I'd borrow the title. I had a recipe for a basil, tomato, pesto, chicken. I had some fresh basil - the only thing that's made from my spring planting. My basil variety smells like weed. Not necessarily a bad thing, but it clashed with pesto after I mixed it up. Something just didn't smell/taste right. So much for plans. I dropped that idea and went with another. My chicken breasts were butterflied and pounded already...



I found a lonely can of Rotel tomatoes. I had some feta cheese too. They got mixed together. Just enough to break up the bigger tomato chunks.



Then spread this on the chicken breasts, rolled them up, and grated some fresh Parmesan on top...



Baked them. Then ate one. Made some spinach w/garlic, and peas so the chicken wouldn't get lonely in my belly. This turned out OK. I like this. A little Parmesan adds a lot flavor.



While rolling up the chickens, I thought about using pasta sauce instead of Rotel tomatoes for an Italian flavor influence? Darn, some pasta sauce with the fresh basil leaves would have been fantastic! Next time...