Summer pasta salads are some of my favorite dinners. Cool, refreshing and light! Last night we ate a chicken pasta salad and grilled squash - delicious. The pasta salad was made with:
1 box penne or spiral pasta
2 chicken breasts
12 mushrooms
2 slicing tomatoes
First, I marinated the chicken in 1/3 cup olive oil, 2 tbsp. red wine vinegar, minced garlic, 3 tbsp. lemon juice. Then sauteed the chicken over medium heat. When the chicken was cooked, I cut it into 1 inch dices and tossed them in a serving bowl with the cooked pasta, diced mushrooms and tomatoes. I topped the salad with a dressing similar to the chicken marinade.
For a second dish, I cut zucchini and yellow squash into strips and added a green pepper to the mix (cutting it into strips as well). I marinated the veggies in olive oil, salt and pepper for an hour before throwing them on the grill for 20 minutes. The finished product was delicious!
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