Thanks curious.

Yeah, I thought of using a home made chicken stock and just adding some shredded chicken. That might work well too.

The recipe was incredibly fun and easy, but all that cream made it taste a little like an old fashioned cocktail sauce that goes on prawns (translation: shrimps lol). (plus it doesn't agree with me).

Non-fat cream. Now there's a concept. I'll look for that. I know "light" cream, but it's still too rich for me. Maybe I could use a little of that and go easier on the tomato pesto. That's very strong flavour so needs a balance.