Strawberry Chicken Salad

• 12 ounces uncooked bow tie pasta
• 3 cups cooked chicken breasts, torn into bitesize pieces
• 1 cup yellow bell pepper, chopped
• 1 cup walnut pieces, toasted
• 12 cup green onion, sliced
• 3 cups fresh strawberries, sliced
• 4 -8 leaves bibb lettuce
• 12 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons red onions, finely chopped
• 12 teaspoon salt
• 13 cup lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 23 cup vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon poppy seed

1. Cook pasta as directed.
2. Drain, rinse with cold water to cool.
3. Drain well.
4. While cooking pasta combine all remaining salad ingredients except strawberries and lettuce.
5. In blender combine sugar, onion, salt, lemon juice and mustard.
6. Cover, blend until well mixed.
7. With blender running add oil in slow steady stream blending until dressing is thick and smooth.
8. Add poppy seed, pulse a few times to mix.
9. Just before serving, gently stir strawberries into salad.
10. Serve immediately so strawberries do not discolor dressing (best to eat in one setting, leftovers become soggy).
11. Arrange lettuce on serving platter.
12. Spoon salad over lettuce.

pasta, chicken breasts, yellow bell pepper, walnut, green onion, fresh strawberries, bibb lettuce, sugar, red onions, salt, lemon juice, mustard, vegetable oil, poppy seed

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/strawberry-chicken-salad-110638 (may not work)