{"id":266,"date":"2012-07-22T12:36:02","date_gmt":"2012-07-22T18:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zucchinibaby.com\/?page_id=266"},"modified":"2021-02-13T09:30:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T16:30:33","slug":"tangy-pasta-salad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.zucchinibaby.com\/?page_id=266","title":{"rendered":"Tangy Pasta Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zucchinibaby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120722-123408.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-279\" title=\"20120722-123408.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zucchinibaby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120722-123408.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"402\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tangy Pasta Salad<\/p>\n<p>2 medium sized chicken breasts<br \/>\n16 oz (dry) elbow macaroni<br \/>\n1\/2 cup pine nuts<br \/>\n6 oz can black olives<br \/>\n1\/2 cup sun dried tomatoes<br \/>\n3\/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese<br \/>\n6 oz crumbled feta cheese<br \/>\n1 tsp salt<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp pepper<br \/>\n16 oz bottle french dressing<br \/>\n4 oz tube fresh basil puree<\/p>\n<p><em>Optional mix-ins: zucchini, cucumber, roasted red peppers, bell peppers<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Preheat the oven to 375.&nbsp; Roast the chicken until fully cooked, 20 to 30 minutes.&nbsp; Cook the macaroni according to the package directions.&nbsp; Toast the pine nuts in a small dry saute pan over low heat until toasted.&nbsp; Set the chicken, the pasta, and the pine nuts aside to cool once they are cooked (if you add a drizzle of olive oil to the pasta it will help keep the macaroni from getting sticky).&nbsp; Slice the olives and tomatoes into thin slices.&nbsp; Once the chicken is cool enough to handle, finely chop the chicken.&nbsp; Combine the pasta, chicken, pine nuts, olives, sun dried tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, and feta cheese in a large bowl.&nbsp; Add the salt and pepper.&nbsp; Add about three quarters of the bottle of french dressing.&nbsp; You want just enough to coat all the ingredients.&nbsp; Add half the basil.&nbsp; Mix well.&nbsp; Add additional salt and pepper to taste.&nbsp; Refrigerate for at least two hours.&nbsp; Before serving, add the remaining french dressing and basil.&nbsp; If needed, add more salt and pepper to taste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tangy Pasta Salad 2 medium sized chicken breasts 16 oz (dry) elbow macaroni 1\/2 cup pine nuts 6 oz can black olives 1\/2 cup sun dried tomatoes 3\/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese 6 oz crumbled feta cheese 1 tsp salt 1\/2 tsp pepper 16 oz bottle french dressing 4 oz tube fresh basil puree Optional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zucchinibaby.com\/?page_id=266\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":195,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"tags":[23],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zucchinibaby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/266"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zucchinibaby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zucchinibaby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zucchinibaby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zucchinibaby.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=266"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.zucchinibaby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":602,"href":"https:\/\/www.zucchinibaby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/266\/revisions\/602"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zucchinibaby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zucchinibaby.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zucchinibaby.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}