Grilled Chicken Pasta Salad

Grilled Chicken Pasta Salad

Serves 4

Ingredients
4 x 150g skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
Your favourite spice/seasoning mix to taste
225 g San Remo wholemeal spiral pasta
225 g low fat feta cheese, cubed
1 red onion, chopped
1 head romaine lettuce, chopped
12 cherry tomatoes, chopped
1 lebanese cucumber, diced

Method
Preheat the grill for high heat. Season both sides of chicken breast halves with seasoning.
Grill chicken 6 to 8 minutes per side, or until juices run clear. Remove from heat, cool, and cut into strips.
Meanwhile, place the pasta in a large pot of lightly salted boiling water. Cook 8 to 10 minutes, until al dente. Drain, and rinse with cold water to cool.
In a large bowl, mix together the cheese, onion, cucumber, lettuce, and tomatoes. Toss with the cooled chicken and pasta to serve.

Cool Down with Pasta Salads this Summer
Pasta salads are perfect for summer.
Not only are they refreshing, light, tasty and colourful, pasta salads are easy to prepare and can be eaten almost anywhere.

Leading sports dietitian and author of two San Remo pasta recipe books, Kerry Leech, says wholemeal pasta salads are a healthy lunch or dinner alternative for the whole family.

'Wholemeal pasta is a simple, tasty and nutritious meal option," Kerry said. 'It's also a great way to increase the fibre content in your diet. 'Australians should be aiming for at least 30 grams of fibre in their diet per day. 'This means that if you're not getting enough fibre in your daily eating plan, a serve of wholemeal pasta can easily help. 'Wholemeal pasta has a distinct taste and adds a fuller flavour to pasta dishes. 'It is also packed with wholegrains and B-Group vitamins, helping to boost our intake of these each day.

San Remo Wholemeal Dry Pasta fact:
San Remo Wholemeal Dry Pasta contains 13g per 100g dietary fibre compared to 3.5g per 100g for San Remo regular pasta varieties.

Kerry Leech is one of Australia's leading sports dietitians and author of two San Remo pasta recipe books. She works with the Australian Netball Diamonds and is a partner at Eat Smart Nutrition Consultants in Brisbane.