Heather's Pasta Salad

12 Servings
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Lightly flavored and lightly oiled, this pasta salad has all kinds of vegetables and is a meal of its own. If you've found that deli pasta salads are just far too oily, give this a try. Can keep for up to a week in the fridge.

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Heather's Pasta Salad Ingredients

-- DRESSING --	1 can Button mushrooms drained
6 tablespoon Basil diced	1 whole Red bell pepper diced
3 cloves Garlic	1 whole Yellow bell pepper diced
Freshly ground pepper to taste	1 whole Green bell pepper diced
Salt to taste	-- OPTIONAL --
4 tablespoon Extra virgin olive oil	1 can Olives (black or green) sliced
1 package Rotini (Tri-color) small box	1 whole Cucumber peeled, seeded and diced
1 package Buffalo Mozzerella freshly packed in water

Instructions for Heather's Pasta Salad

Bring large stockpot of water to a rolling boil. Boil rotini until just cooked, approximately 10 minutes. Drain and wash with cold water. (If not fully cooked yet, wash with warm water to allow pasta to continue to cook.)

Prepare dressing. It''s a very simple olive oil combination with pressed garlic, with salt and pepper to taste.

In a large bowl, dump drained rotini. Add all other ingredients, and toss with dressing. Serve room temperature.

Main Ingredient: PastaCuisine: American

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mamabear542000
on Feb 24 2008 10:09AM

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I love this pasta dish, I ate it for three days. The flavors in it get stronger!!! YUM. This will definetly become my salad for the summer.

C.Montoya
on Apr 15 2006 2:54PM

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admin
on Sep 23 2005 12:30AM

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A very good, basic pasta salad. I added balsamic vinegar (which complements the fresh mozzarella), used fresh sliced mushrooms instead of canned and added a chopped beefsteak tomato. I divided the salad in half, and added smalled cubed salami to one half and chicken breast slices (pan seared in butter and olive oil with parsley) to the other. Delicious!

inky
on Jun 23 2005 5:54PM

[I posted this recipe.]

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on May 25 2005 9:47PM