Chicken Pasta Salad for a Crowd
Leah

6 cups Elbow macaroni
3 cups grated mild cheese
3 cups frozen peas, thawed
3 ½ cups chopped celery
2 small cans sliced black olives, drained
2 lbs. Chicken breast strips
3 cans mandarin oranges, drained
2 cups cashews, chopped
Bottled Italian Dressing

Dressing:

3 cups mayonnaise
5 tbsp Italian dressing
3 tbsp Vinegar
3 tbsp sugar
5 tbsp milk or cream
1 tsp onion salt
1 tsp garlic salt
1 tbsp + 1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper

Cook macaroni and drain and cool. Fry chicken breast strips in Bottled Italian dressing. Cool and cut in small pieces. Drain mandarin oranges and cut in pieces. Add all ingredients to cooled pasta (cheese, peas, celery, sliced olives, chicken, mandarin oranges) Mix all ingredients for dressing and stir into pasta.
Note: This salad can be made the night before. It will absorb all the flavors and is really good the next day.