Pasta Salad

I finally got around to some more cooking and yesterday I made two things.  A pasta salad and biscuits. 
So the pasta salad is first.
You take 1 lb of short pasta and cook per package directions, I used the spiral pasta we all like that is gluten free.
You then mix with the following items:
 1/2 cup olive oil
 20 sun dried tomatoes cut into small pieces
 20 small black olives cut up
 1 cup chopped fresh basil
 1 can artichoke hearts drained and cut into small wedges
 10 cherry tomatoes quartered
 2 cups grilled chicken cut into bite sized pieces (optional)
 salt and pepper to taste

Let all of this reach room temperature then cover and refrigerate.  Serves 6-8.

The judges are still out on this since no one but Eli has tried it yet.  Eli ate some at dinner last night but we had another pasta dish Lyle made up and Eli ended up mixing the two together.  So, I'm going to try it for his lunch today because I'm hoping to use it as a packed lunch option when we go on vacation.
I'll let you know. 
Here's Lyle's made up pasta dish...he calls it pretend hamburger helper, which of course has no hamburger in it.

He browned turkey sausage then added cornstarch to the grease to start a gravy.  He then added vegetable broth until it was the consistancy he wanted.  He boiled the noodles seperate (gluten free) and added frozen peas and canned mushrooms to the meat.  After the noodles were cooked he threw it all together for a few minutes and added salt and peper and that's it.  Eli, Ella and Lyle all ate good portions.  I didn't feel well and didn't eat anything for dinner.