Name: Simple Pasta Salad
Ingredients: 1/2 lb dry Fusilli pasta; 1/2 lb asparagus, sliced and flash cooked; 1/2 large red bell pepper; 1 batch mayonnaise vinaigrette

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Simple Pasta Salad

Author: keriawilliams

Ingredients

¹⁄₂ lb dry Fusilli pasta (Fusilli pasta is nice for a pasta salad because it has the ridges, nooks and crannies to hold onto the dressing, but almost any short pasta will do.)
¹⁄₂ lb asparagus, sliced and flash cooked (broccoli is also very good for this type of salad)
¹⁄₂ large red bell pepper (diced)
1 batch mayonnaise vinaigrette

Instructions

Flash cook the asparagus (or broccoli) by boiling it in water for 1-2 minutes until it is very green and still quite crunchy. Take off heat, drain and then dump ice over top of the vegetables to stop the cooking. Put aside until ready to use them. Before slicing for the salad, dry the vegetables with paper towels.

Dice red bell pepper.

Cook pasta according to package instructions.

In a large bowl, add cooked pasta, cooked and sliced asparagus and diced red bell pepper. Toss well with one recipe of mayonnaise vinaigrette. Taste for salt and pepper and adjust if necessary.

Note

Enjoy as a side with almost any protein!

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Simple Pasta Salad

Simple Pasta Salad

Ingredients

Instructions

Dice red bell pepper.

Cook pasta according to package instructions.

In a large bowl, add cooked pasta, cooked and sliced asparagus and diced red bell pepper. Toss well with one recipe of mayonnaise vinaigrette. Taste for salt and pepper and adjust if necessary.

Note

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