Chicken and Farfalle Salad with Walnut Pesto
- Salad:
- 2 cups uncooked farfalle (bow tie pasta, about 6 ounces)
- 2 cups cubed cooked skinless (boneless chicken breast)
- 1 cup quartered cherry tomatoes
- 2 Tbs chopped pitted kalamata olives
- Walnut Pesto:
- 1 cup basil leaves
- 1/2 cup fresh parsley leaves
- 3 Tbs coarsely chopped walnuts (toasted)
- 1 1/2 Tbs extravirgin olive oil
- 1 Tbs white wine vinegar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 garlic clove
- Remaining ingredient:
- 4 curly leaf lettuce leaves
- To prepare salad, cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. Drain; rinse with cold water. Combine pasta, chicken, tomatoes, and olives in a large bowl.
- To prepare walnut pesto, combine basil and next 6 ingredients (through garlic) in a food processor; pulse 6 times or until finely minced. Add pesto to pasta mixture, tossing gently to coat. Place 1 lettuce leaf on each of 4 plates; top each serving with salad mixture.
