Spinach, Chicken, and Pasta Salad

This is by far my most favorite salad of all time. Ever. Period. It's the best!


16 oz. bowtie pasta, cooked and drained

Dressing:
1 c. vegetable oil
2/3 c. bottled Teriyaki sauce
2/3 c. white wine vinegar
6 Tbsp. sugar
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. pepper

1 10 oz. bag of spinach
6 oz. bag of craisins
3 11 oz. cans mandarin oranges, drained
2 8 oz. cans sliced water chestnuts, drained
½ c. parsley, chopped
1 bunch green onions, chopped
¼ c. sesame seeds, toasted
6 oz. honey roasted peanuts
2 c. cooked chicken, cut in small pieces

Blend dressing ingredients in a blender. Mix dressing and cooked pasta in medium bowl and marinate for 2 hours. Combine rest of ingredients in large salad bowl, add pasta and dressing and toss.


Just a side note....our ward started a "Recipe Club" and asked me to head it up. I thought a blog like this would be great but we have some not-so-computer-literate ladies in our ward who basically only know how to e-mail. So, they passed a sign up around, I send out an e-mail each month with a topic and everyone sends their recipes to me and then I cut and paste and send out a pretty word document to the ladies. They can then print them off themselves and store them in a three ring binder in sheet protectors (works great for recipe books). Anyway, I LOVED the idea so thought I'd share with you so you might start it in your own ward. This month is salads, hence the spinach recipe I submitted to Grandma's Syrup! Enjoy!