Tasty Pasta Salad

Name: Tasty Pasta Salad
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: European, Italian, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 4 cups cooked pasta of choice; 1 cup chopped asparagus; 1 cup cherry tomatoes cut in half; 1/4 cup green onion diced; 1/2 cup canned artichokes chopped; 1/4 cup canned pimento chopped; 1/4 cup green olives chopped; 1/4 cup sun dried tomatoes chopped; 2 tbsp anchovies diced (optional); 1/4 cup red wine vinegar; 1/4 cup olive oil; 1/2 lemon, juiced; 1 tbsp garlic powder (or minced garlic); 2 tbsp dried or fresh basil; 1/4 cup mayonnaise; 1 tbsp honey or to taste; 1 tsp salt or to taste; 1 tsp black pepper or to taste; 2 tbsp pine nuts; 1/2 cup mozzarella, cubed

1 step

Prep:45minCook:15min

I initially did not measure proportions of ingredients so modify according to preference

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:59:54 GMT

Ingredients

12 servings

4 cupspasta

cooked

1 cupasparagus

chopped

1 cupcherry tomatoes

cut in half

¼ cupgreen onion

diced

½ cupcanned artichokes

chopped

¼ cuppimento

canned, chopped

¼ cupgreen olives

chopped

¼ cupsun dried tomatoes

chopped

2 Tbspanchovies

diced, optional

Dressing

¼ cupred wine vinegar

¼ cupolive oil

0.5lemon juiced

1 Tbspgarlic powder

or minced garlic

2 Tbspdried basil

1 Tbsphoney

1 tspsalt

1 tspblack pepper

or to taste

Garnish

2 Tbsppine nuts

½ cupmozzarella

cubed

Instructions

Step 1

Boil pasta to al dente and let it cool to room temperature. Combine vegetables in a large bowl and add pasta. Whisk dressing ingredients together and pour over pasta and vegetables, stir until thoroughly blended. Top with pine nuts and cubed mozzarella cheese, mix until incorporated into salad. Refrigerate for at least 4-5 hours before serving.