Roasted-Vegetable Pasta Salad With Grilled Chicken
- Vegetables:
- 1 1/2 cups (3 x 1/2-inch) julienne-cut yellow squash
- 1 1/4 cups (3 x 1/2-inch) julienne-cut carrot
- 1 cup vertically sliced onion
- 1 cup (3 x 1/2-inch) julienne-cut zucchini
- 1 cup (3 x 1/2-inch) julienne-cut red bell pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Chicken:
- 4 (4-ounce) skinned, boned chicken breast halves
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- Cooking spray
- Vinaigrette:
- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- Remaining ingredients:
- 8 cups cooked ziti (about 6 cups uncooked short tube-shaped pasta)
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
- 16 cherry tomatoes, halved
- Preheat oven to 450u0b0.
- To prepare vegetables, combine squash and next 5 ingredients (squash through oil) in a roasting pan; toss gently to coat. Bake at 450u0b0 for 20 minutes.
- To prepare chicken, sprinkle chicken with dried basil and oregano.
- Prepare grill.
- Place chicken on a grill rack coated with cooking spray; cook chicken 4 minutes on each side or until chicken is done. Cool; cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips.
- To prepare vinaigrette, combine vinegar and next 6 ingredients (vinegar through garlic); stir with a whisk.
- Combine the roasted vegetables, chicken, vinaigrette, pasta, fresh basil, and tomatoes in a large bowl; toss gently to coat.
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Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/roasted-vegetable-pasta-salad-with-grilled-chicken (may not work)