Calories: 270Kcals
Protein: 24.1g
Carbohydrate: 21.3g
Fat: 10.5g
Saturated fat: 2.4g
Fibre: 1.5g
Salt: 0.21g

Shake and serve chicken pasta salad

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients

100g orchiette pasta
2 tbsp pesto sauce
2 cooked chicken breasts, torn into strips
100g cucumber, diced
100g cherry tomatoes, halved
1 (130g) bag sweet and crunchy salad leaves
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
pinch of sugar

Method

Cook the pasta in boiling salted water for 8-10mins. Drain and rinse in cold water until cold. Drain, then return to the pan and toss in the pesto sauce.

Mix together the olive oil, lemon juice and sugar. Divide between the base of two plastic lunch boxes top with the pasta, then the chicken, cucumber and tomatoes and finally the salad leaves. Top with a firmly fitting lid and chill until required.

Just before serving, shake the lunch box to mix all the ingredients together and serve with a plastic fork.

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