Love this recipe. Second time I made it I toasted the cashews in a 350 degree oven for 10 minutes so they would stay crunchy in the salad.
I was striving for a "healthy" recipe but settled on this one. With slight modifications it was the hit of the office potluck! I don't think celery adds much in taste so I used zuchinni used real mayo (ugh on Miracle Whip!) added red grapes and left out the green peppers (too many people don't like peppers). My husband and I ate the salad the day I made it and it was only okay. However after sitting 24 hours it was truly great. Even though it was sweet I had no complaints.
One of my new favorite pasta salad recipes! Very tasty! I also added a 1/2 bell red pepper for some color and I cooked the chicken by frying in a pan with 1 TBLS of butter and lightly seasoning it with lemon pepper. Even my PICKY brother-in-law (age 15) was impressed and helped himself to seconds. Plan to make many times esspecially this summer!
I LOVE This! I seasoned the chicken breasts with salt and lemon pepper and then placed them in a plastic bowl and covered with water and then placed a chicken bouillion cube in. Covered with plastic wrap and microwaved for 13 minutes. After this was done and cooled I cut into cubes for this salad. I was out of Miracle Whip so I used 1/2 cup of low fat Marzetti's and 1/2 cup of low fat mayo. I used 1/2 onion and sliced a green onion for color. This is so so so tasty! It is very sweet and oniony. Thanks so much for this recipe my oldest son and I can't get enough of this!
I really liked the idea of this recipe and made a few modifications. I wanted to make a salad for sandwiches so I omitted the pasta. The cashews were substituted for pecans which I toasted. It was delicious and I am making it again right now.
everybody loves this one...i'm not crazy about onions so just put a bunch of onion powder in there. i've also made it without the peppers. i've taken it to parties/poker nite etc. and have learned to take the cashews with me and put them in at the last minute...they get soggy if you don't. definately a winner.
this was GREAT!!! just what I was looking for. I added only 1 stalk of celery and 1 cup of halved grapes for variation. D E L I C I O U S!!! have already made it 3 times in 2 weeks. YUM
great recipe and easy to make. I took out the celery but added sliced red grapes. The grapes are a great addition to the recipe. Will make again!
THE BEST!!! Looking through the old recipes in my recipe box I see that I started making this in the summer of '03. And I still make it often today. I'm not a huge fan of pasta salad but this is really really good. The only change I've made is that I usually leave the cashews out. Don't want to risk someone at a party having a nut allergy. For the chicken I usually use the "Cajun Chicken" recipe from this site and grill it on my foreman. I make it the day before and have even made quadruple batches on a Friday night to cover all the BBQ's over a long holiday weekend. It's expected of me to bring it at summer gatherings and people actually seem disappointed if I don't.
this was okay. the sauce was indeed sweet the same day and improved the next day. It didn't get rave reviews from the family.
