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Basic Pasta Salad

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Start with this basic pasta salad recipe and make it your own!

Ingredients

  • 1 box (12 Oz. Box) Rainbow Rotini
  • 1 can (13.75 Oz. Can) Artichoke Hearts, In Brine
  • 1 pint Cherry Tomatoes
  • ¼ cups Onion
  • 1 whole Bell Pepper
  • 1 clove Garlic, Minced
  • 3 ounces, weight Pepperoni Slices
  • ¼ cups Italian Dressing

Preparation

Cook the pasta according to package directions. Drain and let cool.

Drain the artichokes, then cut them into quarters and toss them into a large bowl. Cut the cherry tomatoes in half and add them to the bowl.

Dice the onion and pepper and mince the garlic, and then add them to the bowl. Quarter the pepperoni slices.

Toss all of the ingredients together in the bowl with the Italian dressing. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow to chill in the refrigerator. Serve cold.

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VictoriaDoubleU on 2.12.2011

This was excellent! I will make it again:)

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notacook on 7.11.2010

This is a fabulous, back-to-basic pasta salad. I got more compliments from this than I have from anything else in a long time! Deliciously simple!

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