pesto chicken with spelt pasta
CALORIES / MACRONUTRIENTS PER SERVING
| Calories | Protein | Fat | Carb |
| 686 | 46g | 30g | 41g |
INGREDIENTS
- Serves 2
- 2 skinless chicken breasts
- 1 red pepper, chopped
- 1 courgette, chopped
- 2 handfuls of spinach
- 150g spelt pasta
- Pesto
- 2 cloves garlic
- 150ml olive oil
- 50g grated parmesan
- 80g basil
- 80g pine nuts
METHOD
Get your pasta cooking in a large saucepan of salted boiling water. Blitz the pesto ingredients in a blender. Sauté the chicken for 3-4 minutes before adding the courgette and pepper to the pan for a further 3 minutes. Add the pesto and cook altogether for 3 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through. Then squeeze lemon juice over the top and serve with your cooked pasta.
These tables let you know if this recipe is suitable for your body-type and goal (Fat loss / Sculpt / Muscle gain). They show whether it’s a recipe you can enjoy before or after 5pm as part of your plan and if you need to adapt it slightly by adding or removing carbohydrate.
FAT LOSS / SCULPT
| Meals before 5pm | Meals after 5pm | |
| Ectomorph | Yes | Yes |
| Ecto-Mesomorph | Yes | Yes |
| Mesomorph | Yes | No |
| Meso-Endomorph | Yes | No |
| Endomorph | Yes | No |
MUSCLE GAIN
| Meals before 5pm | Meals after 5pm | |
| Ectomorph | Yes | Yes |
| Ecto-Mesomorph | Yes | Yes |
| Mesomorph | Yes | Yes |
| Meso-Endomorph | Yes | Yes |
| Endomorph | Yes | Yes |