Summer Pasta Salad

This is a refreshing pasta salad that will go with almost anything. It is fairly quick to make and yummy. You can use any kind of pasta--depends on my mood. The amounts given below are approximate as I don't measure for this one.

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 6  ounces dry pasta (cooked)
• 5  sweet gherkins (sliced thin, not the midgets)
• 15  green olives (sliced)
• 15  black olives (sliced, not Greek olives)
• 1  tablespoon  finely chopped green pepper
• 1⁄2 small carrot, finely chopped
• 1⁄2 English cucumber (diced)
• 1  teaspoon mustard
• 1⁄8 cup pickle juice
• 2⁄3 cup mayonnaise
•  salt and pepper

Directions

1. Cook pasta and drain well.
2. While cooking chop up everything and put in a bowl; add the mustard and pickle juice to this and mix.
3. Add the pasta; then the mayonnaise.
4. Refrigerate at least 4 hours to blend.