It’s so nice to be back home after two weeks; particularly, back in the kitchen. I escaped the snow to California, now I’m back in it and to add insult to injuries, we’re to have a high of 12 degrees today. Minus 18 is predicted tonight. Yippee. I hate winter. I made this salad for a fund-raising event because it was quick and easy, but now I’m thinking it was really my way of sticking it to Old Man Winter. Who says who can’t have a summery pasta salad during the ugly winter months? Certainly not me. I love to make pasta salads so that they last a few days in fridge, providing a quick snack or lunch when I don’t have a lot of time. I used a 10-oz bag of Garden Time organic, colored/veggie bowtie pasta and another 4-oz of regular bowties. Oh, and did I mention that it’s snowing right now? This means you’ll probably be seeing lots of baked recipes and soup recipes from me in the coming days . . .
INGREDIENTS:
14 oz bowtie pasta
1-1/2 C pesto, jarred or homemade (If using jarred, check the label–they often contain Parmesan and other milk ingredients)
8 green onions, slices (both white and green parts)
2 C halved or quartered cherry tomatoes
1-14oz can green olives, sliced
1/2 to 3/4 C Daiya mozzarella
Salt and pepper, to taste
For some crunch, add some pine nuts or toasted walnuts or almonds
DIRECTIONS:
If not using jarred, make pesto. Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain and rinse with cold water. In a large bowl, combine green onions, tomatoes, and olives.
Stir in the cold pasta, pesto, salt and pepper. Stir in the cheese and enjoy!
- 14 oz bowtie pasta
- 1-1/2 C pesto, jarred or homemade (If using jarred, check the label--they often contain Parmesan and other milk ingredients)
- 8 green onions, slices (both white and green parts)
- 2 C halved or quartered cherry tomatoes
- 1-14oz can green olives, sliced
- ½ to ¾ C Daiya mozzarella
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- For some crunch, add some pine nuts or toasted walnuts or almonds
- If not using jarred, make pesto. Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain and rinse with cold water. In a large bowl, combine green onions, tomatoes, and olives.
- Stir in the cold pasta, pesto, salt and pepper. Stir in the cheese and enjoy!
Delicious. I love getting back into the kitchen after a trip too. We have a cold front coming into Texas tonight. We will hit 70 today but then drop down into the 20’s and 30’s tomorrow. Yikes! I hope you are having a happy and hopeful Monday. Many blessings as the week unfolds!
there’s a Tyson ad below this sadly. Tyson is known for serious animal cruelty :/
Where?!
Aha, I see. This makes me quite angry. After some research, I found out that those not logged into wordpress, will see these heinous ads by google on my posts. And according to wordpress, in order to get rid of them, I have to pay $30 a year to get the “No Ad” upgrade. That is ridiculous. I paid wordpress for my domain name and here I have to pay another $30 (almost twice what I already pay) to have these ugly ads removed?! Not happy about this.