Easy Pasta Salad
What a hot day! On days like today, I try my best to avoid the oven/stove–we don’t like to run the A/C (especially this early in the season), and the oven makes the kitchen hot, hot, hot! Days like today also make me think of yummy pasta salad.
There are many variations to this recipe — explore your options! I chose a few favorites to add to the mix.
My recipe today:
1 box of Rotini pasta
1 can large black olives, sliced
1 tomato, diced (I used a Lapp Family Farms tomato)
1/2 cucumber, diced very small (I used a cucumber from Lockbriar Farms)
Cheese cubes to taste (I used Eve’s Cheese Italian Colby – my favorite variety)
1 bottle Italian salad dressing (my choice was Newman’s Own robust Italian)
*feel free to experiment by making your own dressing! I do on occasion, but today it was all about fast, easy preparation!
1. Boil water, add pasta, cook pasta (8-10 minutes for Rotini)
2. Drain pasta and let it cool
3. Add salad dressing, add ingredients
4. Serve and enjoy!
What’s your favorite hot day recipe?
I’m going to make this next weekend. Thanks!
Awesome! Let me know how it goes!