Shells Filled With Chicken Mediterranean Salad
A delicious and healthy way to eat a mediterranean salad.
Ingredients
- 12 jumbo pasta shells
- 1 chicken breast chopped enough for 1/2 cup.
- -Filling-
- 1/2 hot house English cucumber, diced
- 1/2 cup chopped baby arugula
- 1/2 avocado chopped
- 12 Kalamata olives chopped
- 1/2 cup crumbled feta
- 1 sprig thyme
- salt and pepper to taste
- -Dressing-
- 1 teaspoon agave sweetener
- 1/4 cup Greek olive oil
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 garlic clove pressed
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Bring some water to a boil, add chicken breast and cook for 20 minutes, or until no longer pink in middle.
- While chicken is cooking, bring a second pot of salted water to boil, add pasta shells and cook until al dente (about 11-13 minutes).
- Once pasta and chicken are done, drain and set both aside to cool.
- While they are cooling, combine all ingredients listed under the filling section into a bowl.
- In a separate bowl, combine all ingredients listed under dressing, whisk until blended.
- Chop chicken and add to bowl with filling, mix.
- Pour dressing into chicken bowl, mix.
- Take a spoon full of the chicken mixture and add it to each jumbo pasta shell.
- Serve!