Avocado chicken pasta salad

High calorie recipe.

This recipe can be made in advance and then topped with fresh avocado just before serving.

Ingredients:

  • 150g/6oz Penne pasta
  • 1 x 15ml tbsp Olive oil
  • 1 Cooked Chicken breast
  • 1 Medium avocado
  • 50g/2oz Shelled walnut halves
  • 4 x 15ml tbsp Full fat mayonnaise
  • 1 Small pot full fat yogurt
  • 75g/3oz Fresh watercress
  • Pinch Ground black pepper

Servings: 2 Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 10 minutes

Preparation:

  1. Cook pasta in a large pan of boiling water following on pack instructions. Rinse in cold water, drain and mix with the olive oil.
  2. Slice the chicken, peel avocado, remove stone and dice. Combine with the cooked pasta and walnuts.
  3. Whiz up mayonnaise, yogurt and watercress in a food processor or fold in finely chopped watercress into mayo yogurt mix.
  4. Stir into the pasta mix and serve. If made in advance save preparing and adding the avocado until just before serving.

Nutritional intake:

  • Calories per serving: 1047 Kcal
  • Protein per serving: 38.0 grams

Source: Nutrition in cancer Editorial Board