Cool Chicken Pasta Salad

This is a light and tasty salad which can be used as a main dish. I have shared it at church potlucks, and I think it would also be good at a bridal shower or ladies' luncheon.

• Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 4  cups cooked pasta, any shape (I use rotini)
• 2  cups  cooked cubed chicken breasts
• 2  cups  sliced celery
• 2  large  unpeeled apples, cored and diced
• 1  cup seedless grapes, halved
• 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained
• 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
• 3⁄4 cup mayonnaise
• 1  tablespoon white sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1  pinch ground nutmeg
• 1  pinch black pepper

Directions

1. Chill chicken and pasta thoroughly.
2. Mix pasta, chicken, celery, apples, grapes, pineapple chunks and mandarin oranges in a large bowl.
3. In a separate bowl, combine mayonnaise, sugar, salt, nutmeg and pepper.
4. Combine mayonnaise mixture with chicken/pasta mixture.
5. Chill before serving.