Chicken and Farfalle Salad With Walnut Pesto
- 2 cups uncooked farfalle pasta (bowtie pasta)
- 2 cups cubed cooked boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 cup quartered cherry tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons chopped pitted kalamata olives
- 1 cup basil leaves, packed
- 12 cup fresh parsley leaves, packed
- 3 tablespoons coarsely chopped walnuts, toasted
- 1 12 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 12 teaspoon salt
- 1 garlic clove
- 4 curly leaf lettuce leaves
- Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat.
- Drain, rinse with cold water.
- In a large bowl, combine pasta, chicken, tomatoes, and olives.
- To prepare pesto, combine basil and next 6 ingredients in food processor.
- Pulse until finely minced.
- Add pesto to pasta mixture and toss gently to coat.
- Serve over lettuce leaves.
pasta, chicken breasts, quartered cherry tomatoes, olives, basil, parsley, walnuts, olive oil, white wine vinegar, salt, garlic, curly leaf
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chicken-and-farfalle-salad-with-walnut-pesto-320354 (may not work)