Chicken Pasta Spinach Salad

I had this just recently at my sister's bridal shower and loved it. It is Chicken/Spinach/Pasta and very light salad. You will love it too!

• 3 chicken breasts
• 12 oz. Spiral pasta (tri-color works well too)
• baby spinach
• cashews
• 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
• Parmesan cheese
• 1/3 cup green onions, chopped

Vinaigrette:

• 1/3 cup soy sauce
• 1/3 cup white vinegar
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1 Tbsp sugar (splenda)
• fresh ground pepper

Combine the soy sauce, vinegar, oil, sugar and pepper together. Cook chicken and cube into chunks. Cook pasta and drain. Add soy sauce mixture to noodles while still hot in a ziploc bag. Add chicken cubes and refrigerate overnight or several hours.

When ready to serve, add pasta/chicken mixture to a bowl and add spinach, cashews, sunflower seeds, and cheese and toss. There will be enough dressing on the noodles to coat the spinach.