Pasta salad

[loubear]

I make a pasta salad with cucumbers, pasta, Italian dressing, chopped garlic, and cherry tomatoes, it is so good even my kids like it and I also put in fresh mozzarella from the cheese shop and fresh chopped basil leaves.

[Semigourmet]

I have one that I like is easy and tasty

Chicken Pasta Primavera

Servings 4 Page 15




Ingredients

6 ounces (2 cups) dried rotini or bow tie pasta
2 boneless skinless chicken breast halves, cut into strips
1 cup sliced green or yellow sweet pepper
½ of medium onion, thinly sliced
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 can (14 ½ oz.) diced tomatoes with basil, garlic and oregano
1 can (2 ½ oz.) sliced pitted olives, drained




Directions

1. Cook pasta according to package directions; drain.

2. Meanwhile, season chicken with garlic powder, salt and pepper, if desired.

3. Cook chicken, sweet pepper and onion in oil in large skillet over medium high heat 5 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink, add undrained tomatoes; simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes or until slightly thickened. Add olives, if desired.

4. Toss with hot pasta. Serve with shredded Parmesan cheese, if desired.


Notes

[aeiou]

I never was much for cold pasta salads until I tried McCormick Salad Supreme seasoning. You can use whatever your favorite type of pasta is. Cook the pasta and then rinse pasta with cold water. This will remove the starch as well as cool the pasta. For 1/2 lb of pasta you will need 4oz Italian Salad Dressing (I prefer Wishbone brand) 2 tablespoons McCormick Salad Supreme seasoning mix. Mix those two ingredients together in a dish. Put cooled pasta in a large ziploc bag or large bowl. Pour the dressing mixture over the pasta and toss or stir to throughly coat the pasta. You can add any of your favorite cut up vegetables. You can also chop up some pepperoni and add that to the pasta salad.

[Semigourmet]

AEIOU that sounds interesting.