Hey guys! Happy Tasty Tuesday to you!
It’s time to party and share your tasty finds, tasty posts and recipes. Join the link up party below, which will also appear on my co-host’s blog – Fairytales and Fitness.
I am super-excited because last Tuesday we had the record number of 25 partiers! Thank you so much, guys! I love each and every one of your recipes and blogs!
Today I am sharing with you one of my go-to sides/lunch salad recipes – Chicken Pasta Salad.
Well, first of all, you can throw pretty much anything into a pasta salad as long as you don’t forget to throw in the pasta 🙂
I love making pasta salads because they take care of any leftovers I have in the fridge! Pasta salads are also super delicious. Win-win!
Once again, this is a recipe that doesn’t really call for any quantities – just throw in as much as you have of whatever you have, and don’t forget pasta 🙂
SUGGESTED INGREDIENTS:
- Pasta (I used Barilla Whole Grain Rotini Pasta
, about half a pack)
- Chicken breast (you can use grilled chicken, pan fried, baked or whatever you have and feel like. I used the leftover crockpot chicken).
- Bell peppers (use different colors to make your salad bright!)
- Red onions
- Fresh parsley
- Capers
- Any other veggies you have/like
For the dressing:
- Lemon juice
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Either fresh or dry basil leaves
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Cook pasta according to the package instructions, set aside to cool
- While pasta is cooking, combine lemon juice, olive oil and spices in a bowl and whisk well until combined, set aside
- Dice the vegetables and chicken
- Combine all the ingredients in a salad bowl, pour the dressing over and mix until coated.
- Serve cold or warm.
- Add salami or any meat instead of chicken. Experiment!
- Enjoy your pasta salad for lunch or as a side for dinner 🙂
See? Told you it was a 10 minute deal 🙂
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Have a great week, guys!
That looks really tasty! I’m a vegetarian, so I’ll sub some tofu for the chicken!
Oh it should taste great with tofu, too 🙂 That is actually a great idea! Thank you 🙂
I could totally make this with spaghetti squash! I’m on it! 🙂
That is an awesome idea, GiGi!
Sounds great! I love pasta salad but haven’t had it in a while since my husband isn’t a fan. I saw someone else mentioned that they’re a vegetarian and so am I. I like to do something similar to this with chick peas instead of the chicken.
I think it’ll taste great with chick peas 🙂
Sounds good! You take the nicest food pics!
Thank you so much 🙂
I used to make chicken pasta salad all the time! I don’t think I ever tried lemon juice in the dressing. Good option to keep in mind. 🙂
Gives it that lil’ “zing” 🙂 I put lemon juice pretty much in every homemade dressing, I just love lemon juice 🙂