"As Good As It Gets" Noodle Salad

From the movie "As Good As It Gets" (which of course you have seen because it is excellent and Jack Nicholson is brilliant in it; it has the line I sort of want on a t-shirt, "Sell crazy someplace else, we're all stocked up here"):

Carol (Helen Hunt): OK, we all have these terrible stories to get over, and you-...
Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson): It's not true. Some have great stories, pretty stories that take place at lakes with boats and friends and noodle salad. Just no one in this car. But, a lot of people, that's their story. Good times, noodle salad. What makes it so hard is not that you had it bad, but that you're that pissed that so many others had it good.

I do not have a boat, but this week I made a noodle salad that is so good that it will make other people bitter and angry.

Sally's "As Good As It Gets" Noodle Salad

Serves 6

12 oz. small pasta (I used a combination of whole wheat rotini and some Wacky Mac for visual interest)
1 lb chicken breast, cubed and cooked
1/2 onion, chopped and cooked with the chicken until soft
Cauliflower florets, steamed until mostly soft (I used 1 head of cauliflower to produce enough florets for my 3 servings)
Calamata olives
Pesto made with:
Lots of fresh basil, as well as some oregano and thyme (from my herb garden)
Extra virgin olive oil
A mix of pine nuts and pecans
Shredded parmesan

Mix ingredients and refrigerate, allowing flavors to blend. Eat and know that life is good.