Chicken Noodle Salad

I'm playing along with the lovely Heather of Life As We Know It. She just started a new blog hop called What's Cookin' Wednesday, so I thought I would share Scott's favorite summer recipe: Chicken Noodle Salad.


Here's what you need:

• 2 carrots, diced, or you can use a handful of the matchstick carrots
• 2 stalks celery, peeled and diced
• 1 red, green or yellow bell pepper, diced (I started using sweet peppers and Scott says they are better in the salad than the bell peppers. I use about 6 sweet peppers since they are small)
• 2 cups small pasta noodles, whole wheat preferably, cooked
• 2 cups cooked chicken, in a pinch use canned chicken
• 3 cups romaine lettuce
• Grape tomatoes (optional)

What to do:
Simple, toss it all together!

Here's the dressing I put on it:

Honey BBQ Ranch Dressing

• 4 tablespoons low fat Ranch dressing
• 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• 2 tablespoons BBQ sauce
• 1 tablespoon honey

Whisk together and pour over salad.

This is a perfect lunch option in the summer, it's really light and really fulfilling all at the same time. Enjoy!