When you need a quick lunch or dinner, a chicken pesto pasta salad is super easy to throw together and can be enjoyed hot or ...

If you're looking for a quick, simple and completely satisfying meal, my take on chook pesto pasta has you covered with all the flavours you expect – but it's so much better for you.

By Kara Kimbrough Food Columnist I’ve never been able to resist a dish that included pasta, sun-dried tomatoes and pesto.

Fresh pesto in tubs ... into freshly cooked pasta, spooned on to thick soups, spread on bruschetta, fillets of fish or chicken before grilling, or added to mayonnaise and salad dressings.

This simple pesto pasta salad is dressed with fresh basil pesto ... it’s delicious with Mediterranean vegetables, fish or chicken, or, of course, stirred through freshly cooked linguine.