Pasta Salad with Curry Chicken, Fruit, and Yogurt

This easy pasta salad with chicken, fruit, and yogurt makes a nice lunch offering, but leave the chicken out and it becomes a super side dish for summer barbecues or picnics.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 477 Calories

Ingredients

• ⅓ cup raisins
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 2 teaspoons curry powder
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• ¼ cup slivered almonds
• ¼ cup sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins®)
• 6 ounces rotini pasta
• 2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
• ¼ cup chopped scallion greens
• ½ Red Delicious apple, diced
• ½ cup white seedless grapes, halved
• 1 ½ cups fat-free vanilla yogurt

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain pasta and place in a large bowl.

Step 2

While the pasta is cooking, heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add scallion greens and garlic; saute for 1 minutes. Add chicken, salt, and pepper; cook until chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 5 minutes. Add chicken to the bowl with the pasta. Mix in apple, grapes raisins, sweetened dried cranberries, and almonds.

Step 3

Combine yogurt and curry powder in a small bowl; pour over pasta mixture and toss to combine.