Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Chicken and Sugar Snap Pea Pasta Salad

Thanks Pillsbury for this recipe!

INGREDIENTS
  • 3 cups uncooked mini lasagna (mafalda) noodles (6 oz)
  • 2 cups fresh sugar snap peas, trimmed, halved
  • 3/4 cup creamy Caesar dressing
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
  • 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups chopped deli rotisserie chicken (from 2-lb chicken)1/4 cup chopped red onion
DIRECTIONS
  1. In 3-quart saucepan, cook noodles as directed on package, adding peas during last minute of cooking. Rinse with cold water; drain.
  2. In large bowl, mix dressing, mint, vinegar and salt. Stir in chicken, onion, noodles and peas. Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
HINTS
  • Any short curly pasta can be substituted for the noodles, and shrimp can be substituted for the chicken.
  • Feel free to use reduced-fat Caesar dressing.

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