Chicken Pasta Salad

Pasta with its complex with carbohydrates marries very well wit high-protein chicken, making this salad a satisfying, nutritious meal in itself. Delightful served on the patio when warm breezes are blowing.

1 cups reduced-calorie mayonnaise or salad dreesing

2 tablespoons chicken broth

½ teaspoon dried crushed thyme

½ teaspoon dill weed

1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

1 teaspoon herbal seasoning

2 cups cook chicken , cut in bite-size chunks

1 cup corkscrew noodle, cooked and drained (about 2 cups cooked)

2 tablespoons oat bran

2 scallions, chopped

1 cup chooped tomato

1 cup green pepper, cut in chunks darks green lettuce leaves

Combined the salad dressing, chicken broth, thyme, dill, mustard, and herbal seasoning. Mix well. Add the remaining ingredients except the lettuce leaves. Mix to combine the ingredients. Chill several hours before serving. Serve on the lettuce leaves.

Yield: 4 servings

Each serving provides: 227 cal, 24 g pro, 1 g sat fat, 2 g unsat fat, 46 mg chol.

BY:Jane Kinderlehrer