Perfect Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- 1 box pasta cooked according to package directions and rinsed under cool water
- 1/2 cup toasted nuts walnuts, pecans, almonds or pine nuts (to toast, I just shake in a hot skillet for about 5 minutes until fragrant)
- 1 cup crumbled feta or blue cheese
- 2 chicken breasts that have been sprinkled with salt and pepper doused with a bit of olive oil and roasted at 350 for 25 minutes. Or you could use meat from a rotisserie chicken, or salmon or shrimp or grilled eggplant and portabellos, whatev- ...you get the point!
- A handfull of cherry tomatoes sliced in half
- ½ cup chopped red onion or, Vidalia onion would be delish
- 2 cups baby spinach chopped
- ½ cup kalamata olives cut in half
- 3 tablespoons white or red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 1 garlic clove minced
- 1 teaspoon honey or coconut nectar
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
- Put your rinsed pasta in a bowl and add the spinach, chicken, tomatoes, olives, cheese and nuts and anything else you have that makes you happy.
- In a separate bowl, mix the vinegar, mustard, honey and garlic then whisk in the olive oil with a fork. Toss with the pasta and refrigerate till nice and chilled. Relax, eat and enjoy!