Pasta Chicken Salad with Feta Cheese

By jkenb

Ingredients

• Vinaigrette:
• 1 package pasta (1 pound)
• 2 cups cooked chicken chopped
• 8 ounces Bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled
• 1 cup fresh spinach, washed, dried, and julienned
• ½ cup medium size ripe olives halved
• 8 ounces jack cheese
• 4 ounces Feta (or Gorgonzola) cheese, crumbled
• 1 tsp Dijon mustard
• ½ cup tarragon vinegar
• 1 ½ cup olive oil
• ¾ tsp salt
• ½ tsp pepper
• ¼ tsp sugar
• ½ tsp garlic powder

Preparation

Step 1

Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain, rinse with cold water and drain well again. Combine pasta with remaining ingredients; dress with vinaigrette, gently tossing thoroughly to coast ingredients. Reserve any additional dressing to refresh salad as needed.

Vinaigrette: Whisk together mustard and vinegar. Slowly whisk in olive oil, salt, pepper sugar and garlic powder.