This is
such an easy lunch or dinner to whip up and you can really let your imagination
go with the ingredients. Our favorite is to use vegetable rotini pasta, cooked
chicken, chickpeas, a veggy mix of some sort, italian dressing and parmesan
cheese. Here's how it goes, to print the recipe, click here: Super Easy Pasta Salad
Ingredients:
1 box of
vegetable rotini pasta
1 can of
chickpeas, drained
1 bag of
frozen steamfresh vegetables (we used Birds Eye Steamfresh Asian Medley)
1 small
can sliced black olives
2-3
boneless chicken breasts, cooked and cubed
About 1
1/2 cups of Fat Free or Lite Italian dressing (regular Italian has too much
oil)
1 cup
grated parmesan cheese or cheese of your choice
Directions:
1) Season
chicken breasts and cook on a non-stick medium sized pan, about 4-5 minutes per
side until no longer pink in the middle. Remove from pan, cut into 1 inch cubes
and set aside.
2) Cook
pasta according to package, drain and return to large pot.
3)
Microwave the frozen vegetables and drain the chickpeas and olives. Once
vegetables are cooked, add them, the chickpeas, olives and cubed chicken to the
pasta. Mix well.
4) Add the
italian dressing...use as much or as little as you like. Toss well.
5) Add the
parmesan cheese or your choice of cheese and mix well. Serve and Enjoy, it's
that simple!
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| utrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings 8.0 | |
| Amount Per Serving | |
| Calories 450 | |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Total Fat 9 g | 13 % |
| Saturated Fat 3 g | 13 % |
| Monounsaturated Fat 1 g | |
| Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g | |
| Trans Fat 0 g | |
| Cholesterol 63 g | 21 % |
| Sodium 610 mg | 25 % |
| Potassium 329 mg | 9 % |
| Total Carbohydrate 56 g | 19 % |
| Dietary Fiber 6 g | 22 % |
| Sugars 4 g | |
| Protein 37 g | 75 % |
| Vitamin A | 0 % |
| Vitamin C | 22 % |
| Calcium | 2 % |
| Iron | 104 % |
| * The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA. | |
