Summer Pasta Salad

This is such a "girl" salad. We love it though. When my sis came to visit we downed a whole bowl. It just feels light. Plus, who doesn't want to eat something COLD then a hot meal sometimes on these hot days (I hear the west is having some KILLER heat!)

The trick is finding "mini" noodles. When I used regular-sized rotini it just soaked up ALL the dressing so I ended having to use 2 whole bottle or something. So in the store in the noodle section find a noodle that the box says "mini". They can be any shape.

- 1 box mini noodles
-cucumber, cut up
-celery cut up (you HAVE to have celery, the salad needs the crunch, even though I'm not a HUGE celery fan)
- red grapes, halved
-grilled chicken (cooked and chopped up...........we've done it w/o chicken before but w/ the meat it feels more 
maindish-y)
-One bottle of Poppyseed dressing.....like Briana's.....the one w/ the big peach on the front. (have another bottle on hand just in case you like it more wet. Every noodle is different so it's hard to say how much it will soak up or not)

You cook up the noodles, rinse, Let cool. And add everything else. It tastes best if you let it sit in the fridge for a few hours (I make it during naptime). You can make the ratio however you want, I love a lot of grapes and cucumbers in it and Brooks prefers more meat. Whatever.
Cut up some watermelon to serve and you have a perfect light, summer meal.

Note: When I had Iris someone brought me this as a meal. I loved LOVED it that I asked her for the recipe. When she told me the dressing was just a bottle of salad dressing, I couldn't BELIEVE it!!! And when I've taken this to people they ask about the dressing because it's so good. Funny huh. Must mix w/ the other flavors of the food.....