RecipeChatter

  • About
    • Find Us Online
    • Editors
    • Contact Us
  • Recipes
    • Appetizers
    • BBQ & Grilling
    • Beverages
    • Breakfast Brilliance
    • Casseroles
    • Copycat Recipes
    • Desserts
    • Gluten Free
    • Kid Friendly
    • Main Dish
    • Meat Dishes
    • Quick and Easy
    • Seasonal Recipes
    • Sides and Sauces
    • Slow Cooker
    • Snacks
    • Soup & Stew Recipes
    • Special Occasion
    • Vegan/Vegetarian
  • Holiday Food
    • 4th of July
    • Christmas
    • Easter
    • Halloween
    • Hanukkah
    • Memorial Day
    • Mother’s Day
    • St. Patrick’s Day
    • Thanksgiving
    • Valentine’s Day
  • Newsletter
  • Giveaways

Guest Post: Lemon Chicken Pasta Salad

July 15, 2014 by FaveHealthyRecipes

This recipe is brought to you by FaveHealthyRecipes’ Featured Foodie Carole, of the blog Toot Sweet 4 Two.

Lemon-Chicken-Pasta-Salad

Looking for a lighter cold pasta salad for hot summer days? Creamy and delicious with a delicate lemony flavor, Lemon Chicken Pasta Salad is the answer! A lighter, healthier version of classic pasta salad, bursting with lemony goodness, this salad is a keeper!

Using whole wheat pasta and rotisserie chicken mixed with a lemony Greek yogurt-based sauce, serve this pasta dish warm or cold. Sprinkle with fresh basil leaves for a bit of freshness, color and an added flavor boost.

Super simple to make with leftover rotisserie chicken, just boil the pasta, shred the chicken, whip up the sauce, mix together and its done! The perfect make-ahead dish for either a busy day or a day for relaxing with family and friends.

If serving cold, allow 2 hours for refrigeration before serving. If serving warm, once mixed together, serve immediately. Either way, Lemon Chicken Pasta Salad is a tasty pasta dish with a refreshing twist perfect for a warm summer day, picnic, potluck or barbecue.

Lemon Chicken Pasta Salad

Lemon-Chicken-Pasta-Salad 2

 

Ingredients:

  • 8 ounces whole wheat Rotini pasta
  • 1/2 cup non-fat Greek yogurt
  • 1 cup light mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice or the juice of one small lemon
  • 2 tablespoons lemon zest
  • 2 tablespoons capers, drained
  • 2 cups chopped or shredded cooked rotisserie chicken
  • 6 large basil leaves, torn into pieces (optional)

 

Directions:

  1. Cook pasta in boiling, salted water according to package instructions, drain and add to a large non-reactive (glass) mixing bowl.
  2. In separate, smaller glass mixing bowl, combine Greek yogurt, mayonnaise, lemon juice, lemon zest and capers.
  3. Pour sauce over pasta and add cooked chopped/shredded chicken.
  4. Add basil and gently toss to combine.
  5. Serve immediately if serving warm or refrigerate 2 hours, if serving cold.

Serves 6 (makes 6 cups).

Tip:

If your salad absorbs all the saucy dressing during refrigeration, just add a couple of tablespoons of non-fat or low-fat milk and stir to revive the creamy goodness!

Lemon-Chicken-Pasta-Salad 3

What’s your favorite deli salad?

 

  • Author
  • Recent Posts
FaveHealthyRecipes
Editor at FaveHealthyRecipes
FaveHealthyRecipes has 1000s of quick healthy recipes and tips for living a healthy life! We want to teach you how to maintain a healthy lifestyle, so we are giving you all the tools you need to create a healthier you. We have information and recipes about modified diets and food allergies. We know that you will enjoy the quick and easy meals at FaveHealthyRecipes.
Latest posts by FaveHealthyRecipes (see all)
  • 15 Best Healthy Recipes for Your New Year’s Resolutions - December 29, 2022
  • 14 Healthy Soup Recipes For When You Have the Sniffles - December 28, 2022
  • 7 Day Healthy Meal Plan for Beginners - December 23, 2022

Filed Under: Healthy Recipes Tagged With: chicken salad recipes, deli salad recipes, deli salads, eating healthy, favehealthyrecipes, healthy recipes, picnic, picnic recipes, salad, salad recipe

abc123

Email Email Facebook Twitter Instagram Pinterest YouTube RSS

Subscribe to the Recipe Chatter Newsletter.

Dinner Made Easy!

Eat Like It’s Friday Every Day: 10 Copycat TGI Friday’s Recipes

Categories

Free eCookBook Download

Strawberry Icebox Casserole

Strawberry Icebox Casserole

Before we get started... Be sure to check out RecipeLion.com's most delicious cookbook yet, Family Favorite Casserole Recipes. You can find this … [Read More...]

Archives

Appetizers

Eat Like It’s Friday Every Day: 10 Copycat TGI Friday’s Recipes

Casseroles

8 Easy Cast Iron Skillet Recipes

Desserts

Chocolate Peppermint Truffles

Chocolate Peppermint Truffles

Healthy

Healthy Ground Beef Stuffed Peppers Dump Dinner Recipe

Copycat Recipes

12 Days Of Christmas Giveaway: Winner Day Eleven

Slow Cooker

10 Slow Cooker Pork Chop Recipes: Tender and Juicy Main Dish

Prime Publishing Food Group
Copyright © 2023 · RecipeChatter.com - A Prime Publishing LLC property. All rights reserved.

About Us Advertise Contact Us FAQs Privacy Policy Do Not Sell My Personal Information Subscribe Terms of Service Unsubscribe

Copyright © 2023 · Tidy Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in