CREAMY CHICKEN & PASTA SALAD

I was never a fan of pasta salads, until I experimented and found that pasta salads can be absolutely delicious if you find a good recipe with ingredients you love. This is one of those recipes. I LOVE it and it’s totally changed my view on pasta salads.

Enjoy it for lunch, dinner or take it to your next event when you’re asked to bring a plate of something. It’s SO YUM!!!!!

Serves 4

Ingredients:

• 1.5 cups pasta, cooked

• 1 cup rocket

• 3/4 cup cherry tomatoes, quartered

• 2 lebanese cucumbers, chopped

• 1 cup cooked chicken, shredded

• 1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted

• 1/4 cup goats cheese, crumbled

• 1/2 cup parmesan, grated

  Dressing:

• 1 cup basil leaves

• 2 spring onion, chopped

• 1 garlic clove

• 1/2 lemon, juice squeezed

• 1/2 avocado

• 2 tbsp natural/Greek yoghurt

• Salt & Pepper

Method:

1. For the salad: Add all ingredients, except the parmesan cheese, to a large bowl and combine well.

2. For the dressing: Place all ingredients in a blender, food processor or mortar & pestle and blend/grind until combined. Then stir through the Greek yoghurt.

3. Drizzle the dressing all over the salad and mix well to combine. Then sprinkle over the grated parmesan cheese.