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Perfect Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- 1 (1 lb) box tri-colored pasta
- 2 cups chopped green peppers
- 2 cups diced tomatoes
- 1 1/2 cups chopped red onions
- 1/2 lb cubed provolone cheese (optional)
- 1/2 lb sliced pepperoni
- 1/2 cup sliced black olives
DRESSING
- 3/4 cup pompeian extra virgin olive oil
- 3/4 cup pompeian red wine vinegar (this brand is excellent in this dish)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
Directions
- Mix together dressing first and set aside until sugar is dissolved completely.
- Cook pasta according to box directions and rinse under cold water until cool.
- Slice the sliced pepperoni circles in half and separate slices.
- Mix together with pasta and chopped items, except the provolone cheese.
- Pour dressing over it all and mix well.
- Chill well.
- Add provolone cheese to salad before serving, otherwise it gets soggy.
- You may have to add extra red wine vinegar or olive oil to get it to the desired consistency.
- Some people like it moist, others on the drier side.
- This is guaranteed not to last long before it is completely devoured!
- Enjoy!
Ingredients:
- 1 (6 1/2 ounce) can tuna, drained and flaked
- 1/2 lb cooked elbow macaroni or 1/2 lb small shell pasta, rinsed and drained
- 1 -2 hard-boiled egg, mashed
- 1/2 medium vidalia onion, minced
- 1/2 cup chopped or minced celery
- 1/4 cup chopped sweet red peppers or 1/4 cup green bell pepper
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- salt and pepper
Directions
- In a large bowl, combine all ingredients.
- Mix well to blend.
- If salad is too dry, add more mayonnaise.
- Taste, and adjust seasonings to your preference.
- Chill well before serving.
- Note: If you are going to triple the recipe, only use 1 hard boiled egg per can of tuna.
Ingredients
- 1 cup mayonnaise or 1 cup salad dressing
- 1/4 cup lemon juice concentrate
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons chicken flavor instant bouillon
- 1 (7 ounce) package rotini pasta or 1 (7 ounce) package other pastas, cooked and drained
- 8 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
- 1 large tomato, seeded and chopped
- 1/4 cup green onion, sliced
- 4 cups lettuce, thinly sliced
Directions
- Combine mayonnaise, lemon juice, sugar and bouillon for the dressing.
- Combine rotini, bacon, tomato, and green onion.
- I recommend waiting until you are ready to serve before mixing in the lettuce.Ranch Picnic Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- 1 (16 ounce) package angel hair pasta (break in half) or 1 (12 -16 ounce) package tri-color spiral pasta
- 4 firm ripe seeded diced tomatoes
- 1 (2 1/4 ounce) can sliced black olives, drained
- 2 medium cucumbers, peeled pulp removed and diced
- 1 small onion, finely diced
- 1 small green bell pepper, seeded and diced
- 1 small yellow bell pepper, seeded and diced
- 3 (1 ounce) packages hidden valley ranch dressing mix
- 1 (2/3 ounce) package Italian salad dressing mix (prepared as directed on package only using half the oil called for)
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/3 cup red wine vinegar
Directions
- Cook pasta according to package directions.
- Prepare Italian dressing mix according to directions (but using about 1/2 the oil called for).
- Mix Ranch dressing with vinegar and oil.
- Drain pasta well and rinse with cold water, drain well again.
- Place all ingredients into large bowl and toss well.
- Refrigerate 12 hours.
- Toss before serving.
- **Can use 1/2 of a green, yellow, and orange bell pepper to add more color.
- You can add other raw hard vegetables such as julienne carrots, blanched asparagus, sliced radish, anything you like.
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