Pasta Salad

By varying the pasta style, the veggies, pickles, herbs, and dressing, and you can make a different salad every time! You can mix in tuna of cooked chicken chunks to make this salad an entre.

Serves 4-6

Ingredients:

• 1 package of pasta (shells, twists, elbows, etc.)
• Boiling salted water
• 2 cups Diced vegetables [onion, green onion, red or green peppers, celery] and/or pickles [dill, sweet, etc.]
• 1/4 cup Chopped herbs [parsley celery leaves, basil (use basil if using tomatoes) and/or mint (use mint if serving with lamb)]
• dressing to coat (mayonnaise or bottled creamy or vinagrette dressing).
• salt, pepper to taste

Directions:

Chop up veggies and put in a large bowl with the chopped herbs. Mix.

Chill until pasta is ready.

Cook pasta according to the package directions.

Drain in colander and rinse under running cold water until pasta is cool.

Drain well.

Add pasta to bowl of veggies and herbs. Mix thoroughly.

Add mayonnaise a large spoonful at a time until pasta and veggies are coated.

Add salt and pepper to taste.

Cover and chill until time to serve.

-Anne Pemberton

Page created July 24, 2001. Anne Pemberton. Edited Tue, June 3, 2003 . AP.