Pasta Salad

Here is my favorite Pasta Salad. I can be a little picky when it come to this dish. I usually don't like a lot of extra stuff in mine. This is the simplest recipe I know and is definitely a recipe you can add your own ingredients to.

Ingredients
1 Bag of veggie spiral noodles
1 Jar of Italian dressing
1 Cucumber
1 Bell Pepper
2 Tomatoes
salt
pepper

Cook pasta according to package instructions. While that is cooking, remove the skin from cucumber and dice cucumber into 1/2 inch cubes. Cut tomatoes and bell pepper into 1/2 inch pieces also. Set aside. Drain pasta and spray with cold water to help stop the cooking process. Drain again. Place pasta in a bowl with your veggies. Add 2/3 of your Italian Dressing to bowl and stir. Season with a little salt and pepper. Refrigerate over night, or at least 4 hours for best results. Right before serving, add rest of the Italian Dressing and give salad a quick stir.

Other ingredients to add, if you like
Pepperoni
Onion
Mushrooms
Croutons

 

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