What to serve with Pesto Chicken Pasta Salad?

Teriyaki Chicken Quinoa Bowl, Greek Chicken Couscous Bowl, or Chicken Burrito Bowl. Those sit in the same style as Pesto Chicken Pasta Salad and keep the grocery list from exploding.

Is Pesto Chicken Pasta Salad good for a weeknight?

20 minutes, start to plate. That is the kind of meal you cook the night you eat it, not Sunday.

Is Pesto Chicken Pasta Salad high protein?

Yes. 44g of protein a serving from chicken.

Pesto Chicken Pasta Salad — $3.36 a serving

Name: Pesto Chicken Pasta Salad
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: ½ cup cherry tomatoes; 1 cup arugula; ¾ cup rotisserie chicken; 1 tbsp parmesan; 70 g pasta; 1⅔ tbsp basil pesto

$3.36 a serving · 20 min

Under 30 min
One pan
High protein
Heart-healthy
Anti-inflammatory
Thyroid-friendly
Family friendly
Mediterranean
Chicken

Cost is the ingredients you actually use. About $13.44 if you cook for four.

Calories: 560 kcal
Protein: 44g
Carbs: 56g
Fat: 17g

Ingredients

For one serving, in kitchen measures, grouped the way the store is laid out.

Produce

Cherry tomatoes½ cup
Arugula1 cup

Meat & seafood

Rotisserie chicken¾ cup

Dairy & eggs

Parmesan1 tbsp

Pantry

Pasta70 g
Basil pesto1⅔ tbsp

How to cook it

1
Cook the pasta in salted boiling water following the pack, then drain and rinse briefly under cold water.
2
Toss the pasta with the pesto while it is still slightly warm.
3
Shred the chicken and halve the tomatoes.
4
Fold the chicken, tomatoes and arugula through the pasta and shave over the parmesan.