Freakin' Easy Pasta Salad
"Four steps! Jeez, how easy is that? Throw in some garbanzo beans or sliced chicken breast for a complete meal."
- Ready In:
- 27mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 12 ounces rotini pasta
- 1⁄2 cup sliced black olives
- 3 green onions, chopped
- 1 medium tomatoes, chopped
- 1⁄2 large cucumber, chopped
- 1 head broccoli, chopped (stalks removed)
- 3⁄4 cup light Italian dressing
- 1⁄4 cup grated parmesan cheese
directions
- Cook rotini according to package instructions.
- Throw the broccoli in with the pasta during the last 5 minutes of cooking. Drain and rinse well under cold water until the pasta is cool.
- Add black olives, green onions, tomato, cucumber, Italian dressing, and parmesan cheese, and stir until well combined.
- Chill at least 1 hour. Serve.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
My name is Stephanie, and I'm keenly interested in food and the science (yes, science!) of cooking. I'm an avid Alton Brown fan, and I take a similar scientific approach to the food I eat. I'm a former successful Atkins dieter who just recently went vegetarian and I'm having to relearn how to cook.
My passion for cooking is second only to my passion for music in any and most forms. Some examples: Arcade Fire, Bright Eyes, Cat Power, Death Cab for Cutie, Elliott Smith, Franz Ferdinand, Gnarls Barkley (just A-G, to name a few).
Favorite cookbook of the moment: "I Like Food, Food Tastes Good: In the Kitchen with Your Favorite Bands" by Kara Zuaro.
All-time favorite: Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook. My grandma had one, my mom has one (and grandma's copy!), and I have one. Great format, simplicity, ease of use, can't beat it.
Next cookbook acquisition will be a good metric cookbook. I already convert to metric in my head as I cook, but you lose something in the translation.
