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Pasta Salad dress

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 c Corn kernels
  • 3/4 c Black beans -- pre-cooked
  • 6 tb Red and green bell peppers
  • Minced
  • 3 tb Sliced celery
  • 2 c Cooked pasta,
  • Vegetable-flavored
  • 5 tb SALAD DRESSING, bottled --
  • OR-
  • 2 1/2 tb Extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 ts Salt
  • 1/8 ts Pepper
  • 2 ts Granulated sugar
  • 1/8 ts Onion powder
  • 1 1/2 tb Balsamic vinegar
  • 1/8 ts Ground cumin -- optional
  • Fresh cilantro leaves -- for
  • Garnish

Directions:

Use radiatore, twists, shells, corkscrews, elbows, or some medium-size, shaped pasta made without egg, made with semolina and flavored with vegetables (red bell pepper, spinach, beet, etc.)
 
Throw it together and serve warm. Serves 3 to 4. Makes 5 cups.
 
Other notes - Salad is also good served at room temperature or chilled. Reminder - In June and July, the Virginia Honey Co. sells "Virginia Brand, Vidalia Onion Vinegar-ette Salad Dressing" -- a blend of canola oil, vinegar, vidalia onions, sugar, water, mustard, spices (including lots of cracked pepper).
 
Adapted from California & Washington Food Company 1996 webbed- July 1996 - McRecipe, Path from Calif Recipe By : C&W, revised Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #242
 
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 17:57:04 -0400
 
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