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Strawberry Pasta Salad with Pesto Chicken

This strawberry pasta salad has pesto-marinated baked chicken, fresh strawberries, arugula, mozzarella, and crushed pistachios. A fresh, elegant summer pasta salad ready in under an hour.
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Ingredients

Chicken:

  • 4-6 chicken thighs
  • 3 tbsp pesto
  • 1 lemon juiced
  • 2 tbsp CTH
  • S&P

Salad:

  • 1 lb pasta fusilli or rotini. Cooked and drained
  • 2 handfuls of Arugula or spinach
  • 1/2 red onion sliced thin
  • Mozzarella balls or goats cheese crumbles
  • Crushed pistachios pecans, or almonds for a crunch

Instructions

Chicken:

  • Add all to a ziplock, mix and let marinate for 2 hours or overnight. Add to a baking dish
  • Bake on 350 for 30-35 minutes or until chicken is cooked through

Salad:

  • Mix all together and top with chicken!
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