CHICKEN PENNE Salad (pasta)

• 1 lb Penne (pasta)
• 1/4 cup Olive oil
• 2 12.5 ounce cans of chicken
• 1 cup Chopped Celery
• 1 cup small grape tomatoes or cherry tomatoes cut in halves.
• 1 10 ounce can of olives
• 1/2 cup crisp bacon bits
• 1/4 cup whole raw almonds
• 1 3/4 cup Mayonaise
• 1 tbsp Lemon pepper
• 1 tsp sea salt

1. Cook pasta according to al dente instructions.
2. Pasta should be full bodied.
3. Stir in olive oil.
4. Drain juice from canned chicken and add chicken to pasta.
5. Add bacon bits and chopped celery.
6. Add tomatoes, sliced olives, and almonds to salad.
7. Season salad with salt and lemon pepper.
8. Stir in mayonaise.
9. Store finished salad in a covered container in refrigerator to chill before serving.

pasta, olive oil, chicken, celery, grape tomatoes, olives, bacon bits, almonds, mayonaise, lemon pepper, salt

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/341880-chicken-penne-salad-pasta (may not work)