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Chicken waldorf

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Chicken waldorf

Name: Chicken waldorf
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 170g wholemeal penne; 2 x 120g pots bio yogurt; 4 tsp sherry vinegar; 2 tsp English mustard powder; 4 spring onions finely chopped; 6 celery sticks (320g), finely chopped; 4 cooked chicken breasts (600g), cut into bite-sized chunks; 8 walnut halves (22g), broken into pieces; 150g black seedless grapes halved; 8 crisp lettuce leaves from an iceberg lettuce

Sara Buenfeld

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 12 mins

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This healthy twist on the traditional waldorf salad with packed with protein, folate, fibre and 2 of your 5-a-day – it's ready in under 30 mins, too

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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170g wholemeal penne
2 x 120g pots bio yogurt
4 tsp sherry vinegar
2 tsp English mustard powder
4 spring onions

finely chopped
6 celery

sticks (320g), finely chopped
4 cooked chicken

breasts (600g), cut into bite-sized chunks
8 walnut halves

(22g), broken into pieces
150g black seedless grapes

halved
8 crisp lettuce leaves from an iceberg lettuce

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal512
fat13g

low
saturates3g
carbs39g
sugars12g
fibre7g
protein57g
salt0.5g

Method

step 1

Boil the penne for 12 mins until al dente. Meanwhile, make a dressing by mixing the yogurt with the vinegar, mustard and spring onions.
step 2

Add the celery, cooked penne and chicken to the dressing and stir until everything is well coated.
step 3

If you’re following our Healthy Diet Plan and eating straight away, add half the walnuts and grapes to half the salad and serve with half of the crisp lettuce leaves, either as a base or as lettuce wraps. Keep the remainder in the fridge, well covered, for up to three days, then add the nuts, grapes and lettuce when ready to serve.

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Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2019

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