Spence39s Pesto Chicken Pasta

Ingredients

• - ½ pound linguine pasta - 1 (8 ounce) skinless
• boneless chicken breast
• cut into small pieces - salt and ground black pepper to taste - 3 tablespoons olive oil - 6 whole garlic cloves - 4 ounces fresh mushrooms
• halved - 6 ounces roasted red peppers
• drained and chopped - 1 (7.5 ounce) jar marinated artichoke hearts
• drained and quartered - 3 ounces fresh spinach leaves - ¼ cup prepared basil pesto
• or to taste - 1 tablespoon freshly grated Parmesan cheese
• divided (Optional)