Showing posts with label Lunch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lunch. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Cold Tortellini Chicken Salad

I'm always on the look out for recipes that I can make at the beginning of the week and enjoy for lunch throughout the week. I find that lunch is the hardest meal for me to plan. It's always that meal that I feel I eat the same thing all the time, but I don't want to go to the trouble of making someone "elaborate" for just me at lunch time. So, I've started collecting recipes that I am labeling "lunch"...although they very well could be used for dinner as well....but in my household the recipes will serve me for lunch, as many of them contain ingredients (or a combination of) that my husband won't eat.

This "lunch" recipe was found in a Woman's Day magazine:
Cold Tortellini Chicken Salad
9-10 oz cheese tortellini
1 1/2 cups diced, cooked chicken
1/2 cup diced red onion
3 Tbls Italian seasoning (I thought this was WAY too much...I would decrease to 1 Tbls)
1 cup light buttermilk ranch dressing
1/3 cup shredded parmesan
(The recipe doesn't call for any additional vegetables, but I added broccoli florets and diced red pepper)

Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain; rinse and cool. Prepare other ingredients and toss together. Add pasta to mixture; chill before serving. Serves 6.