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I adore avocado and love the opportuniy to use it in a recipe. I often just slice up a nice ripe avocado and eat it on toast with salt and pepper! But here’s a great recipe for a salad with chicken, avocado and pasta - I hope you like it…

Chicken & Avocado Salad - serves 4

1 tbsp olive oil
175g (6oz) pasta shapes
1 large ripe avocado
125 ml (4 fl oz) French dressing
250g (8 oz) strips of cooked chicken
2 celery sticks, finely sliced
10 pitted black olives
chopped chives

Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil. Add a little oil and a pinch of salt, then cook the pasta for about 10 minutes until tender.

Drain pasta through a colander and rinse under cold tap. Drain and tip into a large salad bowl. Mix in the remaining olive olive and allow to cool.

Stone and peel the avocado, cut into cubes and mix with the salad dressing in a separate bowl.

Mix the chicken strips, celery slices and olives into the cooked pasta.

Pour the avocado and dressing over the pasta and toss carefully. Serve, garnished with the chives.