Tortellini Salad

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 12 -16 ounces dry cheese tortellini
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 3/4 tablespoon italian seasoning
• 1 cup celery, sliced
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 cup carrot, sliced
• 2 (15 ounce) cans italian stewed tomatoes
• 1 (15 ounce) can black olives, sliced
• 5 green onions
• 3 tablespoons vinegar
• 8 ounces tomato sauce
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/4 cup parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 cook and cool tortellini, use a dash of olive oil to keep the pasta separated.
• 2 heat oil, saute celery with italian seasoning; add carrots and onion with the juice from the tomatoes. bring to a boil, and simmer 5-8 minutes. add olives and green onions;cook 2 additional minutes; add tomatoes. bring mixture to a boil and remove from heat.
• 3 spoon vegetables from juice and add to cooling tortellini. add tomato sauce (or ketchup) to juice in pan. stir in cornstarch until mixture is of a gravy or thing roux consistency. cool slightly before adding to pasta mixture. add parmesan when layering into the pasta; best to blend when both are warm.
• 4 cool thoroughly before serving.