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Caprese pasta salad Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
8 oz cooked gemelli pasta
6 scallions, sliced
4+ small tomatoes, diced (or a bunch of grape or cherry tomatoes)
4 oz mozzarella cheeze, diced (fresh buffalo mozzarella is best, but other is fine, too)
bunch of quartered mushrooms

Dressing:
1/8 c olive oil
1/4 c balsamic vinegar
1/4 tsp salt
pepper to taste
a bunch of fresh basil (or inferior dried basil) to taste
Directions:
Directions:
Add veggies and cheese to cooked & drained pasta. Whisk dressing and mix with pasta.

You can add other summer veggies if you'd like. I like zucchini, yellow squash, purple onion, & red or orange pepper (you may want to blanche these veggies a bit in the pasta water during the final minute or so of cooking). If you add a lot of veggies, you'll need to double the dressing recipe.

If you want to make it more substantial, saute 1-2 chicken breasts in olive oil & balsamic vinegar & basil & S&P & garlic and add to the pasta.

Refridgerate for a while to cool the pasta and let the dressing flavors meld. Serve with a hearty Italian bread.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This great Summer salad has been a hit with all of the postpartum neighbor ladies this year. Except for the mushrooms, which get worse with time, this salad is really good the next day, too.

 

 

 

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