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Healthy Meals

Chicken with pasta and spinach
Muscle pasta

This quick and easy recipe enables you to replenish carbs quickly after your workout

Serves 1
Each serving contains 560 calories, 40g protein, 75g carbs, 11g fat

Ingredients

80g pasta (uncooked weight) of your choice
85g boneless, skinless chicken breast, thinly sliced
½tbsp olive oil
½ to 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
100g fresh spinach, washed drained and roughly chopped
55g sliced mushrooms
50ml chicken broth (fresh or canned)
Salt and pepper to taste

Cook the pasta according to the directions on the packet. While the pasta is cooking, heat the oil in a large pan and sauté the chicken for 30 seconds. Add the garlic and mushrooms and stir well. Cook for around five minutes. Pour in the chicken broth and bring the mix to a simmer. Add the spinach and stir until it wilts. Add the cooked pasta to the mix and toss well over a heat for two minutes. Season to taste.

Recipe from Nancy Clark, Sports Nutrition Guidebook (£13.99, Human Kinetics)

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