Italian Pasta Salad

It is warm weather time! With the warm weather comes bar be cues and with those, come salads - lots of salads! So, here is a GREAT pasta salad recipe! AND, no measuring! So, take all the ingredients and put in as much or as little as you want - make it the way you like it!

Try it for your next bar be cue!

Ingredients:

Small cut pasta (I like farfalle), cooked to al dente and cooled completely

Zucchini (lightly blanched), cut in bite size pieces

Sun dried tomatoes, diced

Red or yellow peppers, diced

Red onion, diced

Roasted red peppers, diced

Canned artichokes, cut into bite sized pieces

A bunch of fresh basil, julienned

Bocconcini (try the smaller bite sized ones)

Dressing: (3 parts oil to one part total acid)

Olive oil

Juice and rind of one lemon

Red wine vinegar

Salt and pepper

That's it - pretty easy, huh? and you can toss it together days in advance!

Enjoy!

Cheers!