Peanut Asian Pasta Salad

PEANUT ASIAN PASTA SALAD

12 oz bag bow tie pasta cooked and drained
1 1/4 cup Lite Asian Sesame salad dressing (I buy KRAFT)
1/4 cup peanut butter
2 medium carrots peeled and chopped julienne style
1 medium pepper (red, green, yellow, whatever) chopped in strips
1/2 cup dry roasted peanuts
1 cup FRESH basil chopped
3 cups cooked chicken breasts, chopped into pieces (cooled)

Mix: salad dressing and peanut butter and set aside. Add cooked pasta, cut up veggies, basil and cooked chicken to a bowl and lightly toss. Add dressing and all but 2 TBLS of the peanuts. Stir and mix well. Garnish top with remaining peanuts.

If I am making this as a side I do not add chicken and is is just as good. When I first tried this recipe I thought it sounded so weird, but it is so YUMMY!