Chilli Chicken Pasta Salad

This is a great dish for the summer and can be prepared in advance and stored in the fridge till you are ready to eat. You can make this dish as hot or mild as you like - whichever way you prefer.

Gluten free, dairy free

Serves 2

• 1 cooked chicken breast, cut into cubes - try to get organic if you can - dice the meat and lightly fry till cooked, then let it cool
• 2 spring onions, finely sliced
• 1 red pepper, finely diced
• 150g gluten free pasta, cooked per instructions on packet
• 1/2 teaspoon mild chilli powder
• 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
• salt and pepper for seasoning
• 2 tablespoons nut yoghurt or a low fat natural yoghurt
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise - you can buy egg free mayonnaise if you wish to leave eggs out of your diet
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice

1,  Mix together the chilli, paprika, natural yoghurt, mayo, olive oil and lime juice

2.  Stir in the chicken, pasta, pepper and spring onions

3.  Season with salt and pepper

4.  Top with some fresh herbs if you have them like parsley or some chopped spring onions

You can obviously add additional favourite salad ingredients like tomatoes, cucumber, sweetcorn etc - this will give you extra fibre as well as additional nutrients.

FOOTNOTE:

You can turn this into a sweeter dish - Sweet Chilli Chicken Pasta Salad - by adding some honey to the yogurt/mayo mix.

Red pepper can cause gut distress for some people with endometriosis so you can swop for chopped tomato.