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PoindexterOglethorpe

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23. I make an amazing pasta salad.

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 01:46 PM

Dec 17

Alas, it requires a sweet Italian dressing I cannot get in NM.

Here's the recipe if you have the joy of living where you can get the dressing. This is the only sweet Italian dressing I know of. All other Italian dressings out there are sharp/tangy.

Pasta Salad
1 jar Mazaretti Sweet Italian Dressing. This is the most important part, and if you can’t buy this where you are, you’re totally screwed. I have never been able to find any other sweet Italian dressing out there.

1 box tri-colored Rotini. Cook according to box directions.

1 red bell pepper, 1 green bell pepper, 1 orange or yellow bell pepper. Chop.

1 cucumber, peeled, internal seeds scooped out, and diced.

1 green zucchini, diced. Don’t peel.

A stalk or two of celery, diced.

About a quarter cup of chopped RED onion. I know, they are really purple but they’re called red onions.

The volume of veggies should be the same as the volume of cooked pasta.

You can do all the veggie chopping while the pasta is cooking. When done, rinse very well with cold water, then pat dry. Do several good twists of a pepper grinder. If you don’t have a pepper grinder, go out and buy one. It’s well worth the investment. Sprinkle with Kosher salt. I hope you already have Kosher salt, if not go out and buy that.

Now dump in all the veggies. Now dump the jar of sweet Italian dressing over everything and mix well.

Best, best pasta salad ever.

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