Roasted Chicken and Bow Tie Pasta Salad (Low Fat)

Name: Roasted Chicken and Bow Tie Pasta Salad (Low Fat)
Prep time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 8 ounces uncooked farfalle pasta (bow tie pasta); 1/3 cup fresh orange juice; 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice; 2 -3 tablespoons olive oil; 1 tablespoon prepared mustard; 2 teaspoons sugar; 1 1/4 teaspoons salt, to taste; black pepper; 1 1/2 teaspoons rice vinegar; 2 cups shredded cooked chicken breasts; 1 1/2 cups red seedless grapes or 1 1/2 cups green seedless grapes, halved; 1 cup thin diagonally cut celery; 1/3 cup finely chopped red onion, to taste; 1/3 cup coarsely chopped toasted walnuts; 3 tablespoons chopped fresh chives; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Submitted by Kittencalrecipezazz

"This is such a delicious salad to take to work for a low-fat lunch, or for any time...purchase the chicken all ready cooked at your deli to save time...I always prepare a large batch of this salad, keep it in the fridge (it even tastes better the second or third day) and take it to work on a plastic container. Try not to omit the toasted nuts, as they seem to give the salad so much extra flavor...you are sure to enjoy this! (prep time includes refrigeration time)."

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Ready In:: 2hrs
Ingredients:: 16
Serves:: 6

ingredients

8 ounces uncooked farfalle pasta (bow tie pasta)
¹⁄₃ cup fresh orange juice
¹⁄₄ cup fresh lemon juice
2 -3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon prepared mustard
2 teaspoons sugar
1 ¹⁄₄ teaspoons salt, to taste
black pepper
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons rice vinegar
2 cups shredded cooked chicken breasts
1 ¹⁄₂ cups red seedless grapes or 1 1/2 cups green seedless grapes, halved
1 cup thin diagonally cut celery
¹⁄₃ cup finely chopped red onion, to taste
¹⁄₃ cup coarsely chopped toasted walnuts
3 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

directions

Cook the paste to firm-tender; rinse with cold water, drain well.
In a bowl, combine the orange juice, and the next 7 ingredients (orange juice through rice vinegar); whisk to combine.
Add in the cooked pasta, chicken, grapes, celery, red onion, walnuts, chives and parsley; toss gently to combine.
Refrigerate for 2 hours before serving, to blend the flavors.

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Reviews

Seemed a bit blah to my hubbie & me so I chopped up some fresh pineapple and added it which made it more flavorful & moist. We were both happy it was lowfat. Thanks for the recipe.

mtnairmama
The salad is delicious. Even better the next day. I didn't have walnuts so I used almonds. I also added some dried cranberries. I made this to take to my office for a healthy lunch.

MiMis Kitchen 2
Kittencal, this is a lovely salad. We are busy renovating a house and twice now I've made this for our lunch. Very easy and extremely tasty. Love the addition of the toasted walnuts, gives it an excellent texture. A definite keeper for our family. Thanks for posting :)

Jewelies