okay for this weeks meal prep I stumbled on a cajun pasta recipie meal prep and my fox's favorite meal from one of the local over priced bistros Is there Cajun pasta, and then Irish nachos, which don't really work for me but Ehh

So I knew this wouldn't be up to that quality but it could be something good. the problem is the macros on the recipie the guy was meal preping
the original recipie had 904 cals, 29g of fat, 108g carbs, and 54g of protein

the cals and carbs had to come down... so to did the fats

So knowing how much pasta I could use based on last weeks pasta bake I used that as the base and altered the recipies, not to much I increased the chicken a bit, and replaced the thickened cream with blended cottage cheese and the results numbers wise were honestly shocking. I also added a pepper for more veg just cause

so if you want a bit of spice in your life  ~faccc2 for a bowl and maybe it will fill you up

One Pot Cajun Pasta
Cal 450 | fat 4.7 | carb 47.2 | protein 55 (that fat one shocked me but I ran the math 3 times)

1 1/2 Tbsp - Olive Oil
2 lbs - Chicken breasts Boneless & Skinless
1 1/2 tsp - Onion Powder
1 1/2 tsp - Garlic Powder
1 1/2 tsp - Dried Oregano
1 1/2 tsp - Dried Thyme
1/2 tsp - Red Chilli Powder
2 Tbsp - Smoked Paprika
1 - Yellow Onion, Diced
1 - red pepper diced
5 - Garlic Cloves, Minced
750ml - Chicken Stock
1 1/2 Cans - Crushed Tomatoes
200ml - Blended lowfat Cottage cheese (save some chicken stock for this part)
7.5 oz - Penne

Instructions
1 Dice your onion and pepper
2 cut your chicken into bite sized peices
3 add your chicken to a large mixing bowl and add in your onion and garlic powder, oregano, thyme, paprika, chilli powder and salt and pepper to your liking
4 mix the chicken well making sure every peice is well coated
5 in a large pot on meduim to high heat add your olive oil , once thats up to temp add in your chicken spreading across the pan so it cooks evenly
6 sear for 2 to 3 minutes while constantly moving the shicken to get a nice even sear across all the pieced of meat
7 once the chicken hase a nice golden color add in your onions and garlic still stirring the pot as you do for another 3 to 4 minutes
8 add about 700 ml of chicken stock to your pot, this should deglaze the pan some what and start the base for the sauce
9 then add in the crushed tomatos stirring well to combine
10 add the remaining stock and the cottage cheese to a blender and blend on high (if its too thick a little water or extra stock won't hurt it
11 add the blended cottage cheese to the pot oncce more stirring to combine ands season with salt and pepper to taste
12 add in the penne, again mixing to combine making sure the penne is submerged in the sauce
13 allow to cook uncovered at a meduim to high heat for 15 minutes stirring occasionaly, this should get you a nice thick sauce with a good amount of chicken and pasta in every bite

this makes
5 servings so like all meal preps split them up into 5 equal servings. you can add parm to your meal when you heat them up but honestly they don't need its. Its warm filling and just a bit spicey


I decided to not post the third meal I did this week, Its tastey but its just a rice and beef bowl with a basic gochujang sauce its super simple and basic so Ehh