Monday, May 22, 2006

Not-Your-Mama's Tuna (or Chicken) Salad

From Everyday with Rachael Ray June/July 2006



Ingredients:
pesto
lemon juice
canned tuna (but I used chicken)
scallions
roasted red pepper
grape tomatoes
shell pasta
salt & pepper

Comments:
Both Adam and I dislike tuna so it seemed logical to replace it with something we did like - chicken. And since both meats come in basically the same form it was pretty simple. I also didn't have any shell pasta so I just threw in some campanelle instead. It's a pretty shape too so I figured it would perform the same functions. You can't cook if you can't make substitutions with confidence. :)

The flavor on this "salad" is amazing. The pesto adds so much zing and the tomatoes and scallions and peppers all blend together nicely. I bet it will taste even better as leftovers for lunch tomorrow!

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