Pasta Salad Recipe
July 22, 2008 by Karen Weideman
Filed under recipes
This month’s Lifestyles’ Carnival theme is picnics. I thought I would share with you my pasta salad recipe. Personally, I don’t like the taste of the boxed pasta salad mixes and this one is always well received.
You’ll need:
1 box of garden rotini noodles
1 bottle zesty Italian salad dressing
1 small can of sliced olives, drained
handful of fresh chopped mushrooms
2-3 diced roma tomatoes*
1 cucumber – peeled and chopped
chopped deli ham (optional)
shredded cheese
Fill a large pot with water and bring water to a boil. Add box of noodles. Boil about 10 minutes, until noodles become tender. Drain and allow to cool. In a large bowl, add all of the vegetables and ham and mix in salad dressing to desired taste. Cover and refrigerate. Before serving, mix in desired amount of cheese. You may need to add a little more salad dressing as well.
*I prefer to use Roma tomatoes because they don’t have as much water as other tomatoes.
Enjoy! Let me know how it turns out.
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