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Healthy (and Delicious!) Pasta Salad Recipe

This light, colourful pasta salad is my go-to recipe for picnics, pot-lucks and summer BBQ's. Its super tasty and healthy too!


Ingredients:
1 box of pasta (I used tri-color fussili)
1 cup of white cheddar, cut into small cubes
1 red bell pepper, diced
1 yellow or orange bell pepper, diced
2-3 scallions
1 can of kidney beans, strained
1 tomato, diced
Fresh basil
Salad dressing of your choice (I used sundried tomato Italian, which was delicious!)

Directions:
Boil the pasta, strain and rinse with cold water. Transfer to a big bowl. Add the cheddar, bell peppers, scallions and tomato. Strain the can of kidney beans, rinse them in water and add them in the bowl. Garnish with fresh basil - this parts up to you; I put a lot of basil cause I love it, but you can put as much or as little as you'd like, or omit it all together. Finally, pour the salad dressing on top. I normally put about half a bottle (or about 1 cup) of store bought salad dressing on top, which sounds (and initially looks) like a lot but once you mix it in, and let the pasta soak it up, its perfect. You may even need more, taste it and see :)

Keep this cool in the refrigerator until time to serve

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  1. Miss xoxo7:02 PM, September 12, 2015

    That sounds so good. I'll definitely give it a try one day! :)

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