Summer salad

Avocado, Melon, Lime & Chicken Salad.

There has been a little bit of sunshine recently, which has called for some lighter meals. Being such a big fan of avocado, I try to include it wherever I can, and thought that it would work well as a chicken salad, and what do you know? It did!

Ingredients:

4 X Boneless Chicken Things, chopped

1 x Lime

2 X Avocado, chopped

A pinch of Paprika, chilli, cumin

10 X Cherry Tomatoes, halved

¼ cantaloupe Melon, sliced

Spinach leaves (2 handfuls per dish)

This is so easy to make. Start my cooking your chicken things in a little bit of olive oil. Season with all three spices, and then squeeze the lime juice all over the chicken.

Prepare the salad of spinach, avocado, melon and tomatoes. Then add chicken.

That’s all there is to it! Super easy, Super colourful, Supper yummy!

Chicken, roasted Peppers & Pesto Pasta.

Chicken, roasted Peppers & Pesto Pasta.

This meal is most probably top of my list for “comfort food”. I adore it! It’s one of those meals where you can tuck in, and continue to eat until it’s all gone (enough to make you feel like a labrodor!). It’s easy to make, looks good and isn’t as fatty as most other comfort food dishes.

Ingredients:

1 x Red onion, sliced

3 x peppers (more colour variety will of course make it look more appealing!)

2 x Chicken breasts, chopped.

2x tablespoons of pesto

180g Pasta

A good glug of olive oil

Start by slicing both peppers and onion, and place in a roasting dish, with the addition of a glug of olive oil.  Roast for about 20-25 mins (but keep an eye on it and give it a mix half way though.).

Begin to boil pasta.

Gently fry chicken breasts in a pan- try not to cook in too much oil as there will be plenty in the dish when everything I added together.

Rinse pasta.

In the roasting dish add your pasta, chicken and mix in the few tablespoons of pesto. Viola! Dinner is made!

What I think: I think I’ve already made it clear how much I adore this meal. Easy and tasty, and relatively effortless.