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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