The Best Pasta Salad

Total Time: 51 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 11 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 8 ounces rotini pasta (barilla is best)
• 1 large tomato, chopped
• 1 medium green pepper, chopped
• 1 medium red pepper, chopped
• 1 small onion, chopped (optional)
• 1 (2 1/4 ounce) can black olives, drained and sliced
• 1 (8 ounce) bottle kraft sun-dried tomato salad dressing
• 1/4 cup parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 cook pasta according to directions, about 8 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• 2 while pasta is cooking, chop tomato, peppers and onion into very small pieces. add olives and mix.
• 3 drain rotini; rinse with cold water for about 3 minutes.
• 4 mix pasta with tomato, peppers, onion and olives.
• 5 refrigerate for about 1/2 an hour.
• 6 add salad dressing; mix well.
• 7 add parmesan cheese; mix well.
• 8 serve immediately.
• 9 if you have left overs, you will have to "re-wet" salad by adding a little more salad dressing the next day, especially if you substitute the dressing with a fat-free dressing.