Grilled Chicken Pasta Salad

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb rotini pasta
• 2 lbs thin-sliced chicken cutlets
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 large red pepper, cored, seeded and diced
• 1 large green pepper, cored, seeded and diced
• 1 medium red onion, chopped
• 2 scallions, trimmed and thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoons mined fresh dill
• 1 cup light mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1 teaspoon prepared mustard
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 cup canola oil

Recipe

• 1 cook pasta following directions on box, drain.
• 2 while pasta is cooking, heat grill or broiler. sprinkle chicken with lemon juice and grill or broil for about 2 minutes per side or until done. set aside and let cool.
• 3 when cool, cut chicken into bite-size pieces and mix with cooled pasta in a large bowl.
• 4 add peppers, onion, scallions and dill.
• 5 in a medium bowl, whisk mayo, vinegar, honey, mustard, sugar, onion powder, parsley flakes, salt and pepper. gradually whisk in oil.
• 6 pour mayo mix over the pasta and chicken, toss. refrigerate until ready to serve.
• 7 *you could add spinach, peas, broccoli or whatever veggies you wanted. be creative!