Pasta Salad ala Allison

Okay since I am on a roll here is my Pasta Salad Recipe:

Cook some pasta, rotini, penne, whatever! Don't cook it too much, you definitely want it al dente for pasta salad.

Then in any amount you choose marinate the following chopped vegetables in Mrs. Leeds dressing, I use a ziploc bag, but for those of you who are more ecologically responsible than I am you can use any certified "green"container you wish:

Carrots

Broccoli

Red Pepper

Black Olives

Cherry Tomatoes

Marinate the veggies for a while, or at least a couple of hours. Discard the marinade. If you use the marinade as the dressing it is to watery and you will have an anemic tasting salad.

In a large bowl add the chopped marinated veggies and the pasta a toss with Mrs Leeds Dressing.

Then add:

1c fresh basil chopped (About!)

A small bag of spinach juilliened- Sometimes I add more because I have more and because spinach is very healthy you know.

Crumble 1/2c-1c feta cheese

Toss the salad again, and serve.

If you want to make it a main dish you can add chicken. I marinate the chicken in Mrs. Leeds Dressing and then barbecue it, cool it and cut it up for the salad.