Mommyfest Potluck

So if you notice in the upper right hand corner of my blog, MommyFest is having their annual blog party. One of the contests involve posting one of your favorite recipes on your own blog, and posting a link back to the potluck site. So here is my favorite recipe that is (and still can be) family friendly. I call it Italian Chicken Salad, and here it is:

1 bag rainbow rotini pasta
small bottle italian salad dressing
4-6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 small vidalia onion
1 small yellow squash (optional)
1 small zuchinni squash (optional)
Parmesan cheese

Marinate the chicken in some of the italian dressing for about 30 minutes. Chop up onion and squash into small pieces (not really small, maybe make thick slices and then cut in half. Mix onions and squash, and put in foil packets with italian dressing to go on the grill.When chicken is ready to be cooked, toss it on the grill until done. While that is on the grill, cook the pasta according to package directions. Drain the pasta and add about 1/4 cup of the italian dressing (more or less, depends on what you like) also add parmesan cheese. To finish it off, toss the squash and onion mixture in the same bowl with the pasta. Top with parmesan cheese. You can either cut up the chicken and eat with the pasta, or have the pasta be a side dish.

My family is huge on pasta, but we like to try it different ways and this recipe is AWESOME. This is a quick standby for me because my husband can grill the chicken while I do everything else - and Gracie LOVES it! (Okay, not so much the squash part though.)