Chicken Spiral Pasta Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

10 oz. multi-colored spiral pasta (uncooked)
2 c. cut asparagus tips
2 c. yellow squash, sliced
2 c. red bell peppers, diced
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/2 c. cracker meal
1/4 tsp. fresh ground black pepper
1 tsp. parsley flakes
1/2 tsp. thyme
1 Butter Buds mix (reconstituted)
1/3 c. cashews, roasted
1/2 c. plain low-fat yogurt
1 Tbsp. Miracle Whip lite
1 c. 2% milk
1 Good Seasons salad dressing

Preparation

Mix cracker meal with the pepper, parsley and thyme.
Dip chicken breasts in Butter Buds mixture, then dip into cracker crumb/seasoning mixture (in a separate bowl).
Place on a lightly greased baking sheet in preheated 400\u00b0 oven for about 25 minutes. (Turn chicken over after 12 minutes.)
While chicken is cooling, boil pasta and lightly steam vegetables and diced red pepper.
Mix the yogurt, Miracle Whip, low-fat milk and Good Seasons salad dressing mix, or use your own seasoning, in blender or processor. When chicken breast is cooked, cut into thin slices or chunks and toss everything together in a large serving bowl.
Serve chilled. Serves 6.