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Creamy pesto & chicken pasta salad
Photo: Anna Pelzer

Creamy pesto & chicken pasta salad

6 ingredients 15 min + 15 min Serves 1 openrecipes
Creamy pesto & chicken pasta salad

If you need a quick boost of carbohydrates, try this filling and nutritionally-balanced pasta salad

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

503
Calories
42g
Protein
6g
Fat
71g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pasta 1 cup cooked (140g) 220
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Cherry 1 cup (138g) 87
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Chili 1 tsp (2.7g) 8
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 85g pasta shapes
  • ½ red pepper , chopped
  • handful halved cherry tomatoes
  • 1 cooked chicken breast
  • 1 tbsp basil pesto
  • 2 tbsp low-fat crème fraîche

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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