Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Chicken Feta Pasta Salad

Chicken and Feta Pasta Salad

Ingredients:
1 large package of rotini noodles
Cooked (and cooled) frozen peas (2 cups?)
Diced onion (1/2 cup?)
Green pepper
Red pepper
4 diced large tomatoes
Peeled, diced cucumber (2)
Sliced olives
Catalina with honey dressing*
Italian dressing*
8 oz package of Feta cheese (cheaper to crumble it yourself)
Chicken (3 breasts)
Salt to taste

DIRECTIONS
Boil noodles until cooked, drain, cool, place in LARGE mixing bowl. Cook chicken on the stove or in the oven with a little of the Catalina w/ honey and the Italian dressing (equal parts of each). Chop chicken when it is cooked, then mix back in with cooking juices in the pan. Add to noodles.

On the stove top, saute onions and peppers in both dressings (equal parts) for 3-5 minutes, until softened only ** Do not overcook veggies!! Add to noodles and chicken.

Mix in all remaining ingredients. Add EQUAL parts Catalina and Italian dressing to taste.

*Secret ingredients!