Power Up with Pesto: A Simple and Delicious Chicken Pasta Recipe

 In the days leading up to a big and long session or a race, you want to make sure that you are eating plenty of easily digestible carbohydrates to make sure you are going into the effort with full glycogen stores. Glycogen is our body’s way of storing carbohydrates and when those stores are not full when we start a big session or race, we are leaving a lot on the table in terms of performance. 

This simple and easy pesto pasta recipe ticks all the boxes for a great meal that will fuel your body well. It contains easily digestible carbohydrates, protein and of course our veg-because we can’t skip out on our colourful foods! 

You will need (4 servings) 

• Pasta of choice 
• Protein of choice eg chicken breasts or lean bacon 
• 1-2 Tbsp pesto pasta 
• 100g cherry tomatoes diced 
• 1 onion diced 
• 1 punnet of mushrooms sliced 

Method:

1. Cook your pasta 
2. Cook your protein 
3. Fry your onion, tomatoes and mushrooms in a bit of oil until nice and soft 
4.  Add all ingredients together in a bowl and mix in the pesto 
5.  Season with salt and pepper 
6. Enjoy!