Pasta Salad with Curry Chicken, Fruit, and Yogurt

Description

Yogurt makes for a less fattening salad dressing while fruit adds a touch of sweetness. Great for a cool summer lunch, or leave out the chicken for a vegetarian side dish.

Ingredients

  • 6 ounces rotini pasta
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • ¼ cup chopped scallion greens
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • ½ Red Delicious apple, diced
  • ½ cup white seedless grapes, halved
  • ⅓ cup raisins
  • ¼ cup sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins®)
  • ¼ cup slivered almonds
  • 1 ½ cups fat-free vanilla yogurt
  • 2 teaspoons curry powder

Instructions

  1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite
  2. about 8 minutes. Drain pasta and place in a large bowl.
  3. While the pasta is cooking
  4. heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add scallion greens and garlic; saute for 1 minutes. Add chicken
  5. salt
  6. and pepper; cook until chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear
  7. about 5 minutes. Add chicken to the bowl with the pasta. Mix in apple
  8. grapes raisins
  9. sweetened dried cranberries
  10. and almonds.
  11. Combine yogurt and curry powder in a small bowl; pour over pasta mixture and toss to combine.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 30 mins

Servings: 4

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