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Pasta Salad

Pasta salad

Pasta salad

I was looking for a quick and easy recipe to throw together for dinner and remembered my old standby, cold pasta salad.

Truthfully, cold pasta salad would never have occurred to me had I not spent a year in Italy living with two Italian-American cousins. They knew things about pasta that I had never conceived, and this was one of them.

This evening, I prepared a package of whole wheat rotitini in boiling water, then drained and rinsed with cold water until the noodles were cold. I added fresh spinach leaves, tomatoes and fresh basil from my garden, black olives, feta cheese crumbles, and a can of drained chick peas. Then I tossed the whole thing with an Italian salad dressing (I like Annie’s Naturals, as always!).

Dinner couldn’t have been easier or more delicious out on the patio after a 90+ degree day. And you know how I love the one-dish dinner concept! This is a great contribution to a potluck, too.

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9 Comments

  1. Emily says:

    Yum! What a great idea!

  2. Jane C says:

    I love this recipe. I am going to make it tomorrow!! Thanks for all you good suggestions.

  3. Sophie says:

    Hi :) ,

    We would like to feature your pasta salad on our blog and possibly our digital-recipe reader, too.

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  4. Skye Hussain says:

    My favorite kind of Salad is none other Potato Salad. it really taste yummy.-”~

  5. Joel Owen says:

    whenever my sister makes potato salad, i always eat them in less than a minute or so he he. i just love all sorts of salad. ””

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  7. russian salads are kind of addictive, my mom always make those russian salad at home-~:

  8. potato salad and fruit salad are two of my favorite salads. i also like the tangy taste of chicken salad`,-

  9. Inking Stamp says:

    i eat every kind of salad, but my favorite is of course fruit salad and chicken salad .;,

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