Chicken Pasta Salad

Posted by HHHAdmin on Jul 2, 2011 in Italian, Salad | 0 comments

Sometimes sandwiches get a bit boring for lunch. This recipe is great for taking to work, or eating at home for lunch. It’s also a good way of using up left over chicken.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serves 1 – 350 calories

Ingredients

- 40g Whole Wheat pasta shapes (Penne or fusilli work well)

- 1 medium chicken breast

- 10 green olives, from a jar and halved

- 10 cherry tomatoes, halved

- 2 tbsp coriander (cilantro), chopped

- 2 spring onions (scallions), sliced

- Half a yellow pepper, chopped

- 2 tbsp 0% Fage Greek Yogurt

- Juice of half a lemon

- 1 tbsp extra light mayo

- 2 garlic cloves, crushed

- Pepper

 

1) Cook the chicken in the oven at 200C for 30 minutes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2) Meanwhile, cook the pasta for 12 minutes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3) Chop the vegetables, olives and herbs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4) Once the chicken is chopped, roughly chop it and add to the pasta, along with the vegetables, herbs and olives.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5) Make the dressing my mixing together the yogurt, mayo, lemon juice, garlic and pepper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6) Mix the dressing with pasta and serve