Summer Pasta Salad with Chicken and Cashews

Ingredients

12 oz veggie spiral pasta
12 oz bow tie pasta
1-20 oz can pineapple tidbits
2 - 11 oz cans mandarin oranges
2 cups chopped celery
4 green onions, finely chopped
1 cup green grapes, sliced into fourths
1 cup red grapes, sliced into fourths
9 1/2 oz cashew nuts (halved)
4 chicken breasts, cooked and chopped
3 cups Miracle Whip
2 T vegetable oil
1 cup sugar
2 T vinegar
salt and pepper to taste
* Or you can us 1 16 oz bottle of Kraft Cole Slaw dressing and then just add an additional cup of Miracle Whip and leave out the oil, sugar and vinegar


Directions

Cook pasta according to directions, drain and cool.  combine pineapple, mandarins, celery, onions, grapes, nuts and chicken with pasta.  In a separate container make the dressing by combining the Miracle Whip, Mayonnaise, salad oil, sugar and vinegar.  Fold salad dressing into pasta mixture. Refrigerate.