Insalata Florentine, Macaroni Grill Style

The Macaroni Grill is a terrific restaurant, and with this recipe for Insalata Florentine, Macaroni Grill Style, you can make a pasta salad that tastes like it just came from the kitchen of this great eatery.

Notes

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Ingredients

3 ounces fresh spinach, shredded and julienned
3 ounces lean grilled chicken, sliced and chilled
1 ounce Roma tomatoes, diced
1/2 ounce pine nuts, toasted lightly
1/2 ounce sun-dried tomatoes, julienned
1/2 ounce capers
1/2 ounce black olives, sliced
1/2 ounce radicchio, julienned
5 ounces cooked orzo pasta, chilled
3 ounces roasted garlic lemon vinaigrette
1/4 ounce reduced fat Parmesan cheese, shaved
Fresh cracked pepper, for garnish

Instructions

In a chilled mixing bowl, combine spinach, chicken, tomatoes, pine nuts, sun-dried tomatoes, capers, olives, radicchio, orzo and vinaigrette.
Toss and serve on a decorative wide bowl.
Garnish with shaved Parmesan cheese and fresh cracked pepper.