Spinach And Pasta Salad

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 teaspoon finely chopped peeled gingerroot
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/2 cup rice vinegar or 1/2 cup wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 (1 1/4 ounce) envelope lipton recipe secrets onion soup mix
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 8 ounces uncooked bow tie pasta
• 1/2 cucumber, scored seeded,and sliced
• 1/2 cup diced red bell pepper
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped red onion
• 1 (6 ounce) package baby spinach leaves
• 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin orange segments, drained
• 2 cups diced cooked chicken
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds, toasted

Recipe

• 1 for dressing finely chop gingeroot.
• 2 whisk gingeroot, garlic, vinegar, orange juice, vegetable oil, sesame oil, soup mix and sugar.
• 3 cover.
• 4 refrigerate until ready to use.
• 5 for salad, cook pasta according to package directions drain and rinse under cold water.
• 6 place pasta in large bowl.
• 7 meanwhile score cucumber, remove seeds slice and cut slices in half.
• 8 dice bell pepper, coarsley chop onion.
• 9 add cucumber, bell pepper, onion, mandarin oranges, chicken and almonds to pasta.
• 10 pour dressing over salad and toss.
• 11 serve immediately.