Pesto Chicken with Spelt Pasta

CALORIES / MACRONUTRIENTS PER SERVING

Calories Protein Fat Carb
686 46g 30g 41g
 

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.

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

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