Pasta Salad from my Baby Shower

Ingredients
Dressing
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/2 c. canola oil
1/3 c. soy sauce
1/3 c. white vinegar
1 T. sugar
Salad
3 chicken breasts
12 oz. spiral pasta
1 c. cashews
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1 pkg. torn spinach
1/3 c. green onions, chopped
Parmesan cheese

Directions
Make dressing. Cook chicken breasts. Cook pasta. Combine dressing, chicken, and pasta. Let marinade, overnight if possible. Before serving, add cashews, sunflower seeds, spinach, and onion. Sprinkle with cheese.

*This recipe is for Nikki and the many others who have asked for it. This is the pasta salad my mom made at my baby shower as well as Brooklyn's baby blessing. My mom is vegetarian so she omitted the chicken and replaced it with grape tomatoes, halved. She also makes an additional 1/2 of the dressing to add to the pasta just before serving (the pasta absorbs most of the dressing while marinating so it needs a bit more flavor). Instead of soy sauce, my mom uses Braggs Amino Acids which can be found at the health food store.