Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Summer Bowtie Pasta Salad

Ingredients:

1 bag Bowtie pasta, cooked
2-3 Roma tomatoes, chopped
1 bottle sundried tomatoes, chopped
2 sm, cans sliced black olives
1 cup of white shredded cheese or feta cheese, crumbled
1 can artichoke hearts, drained & chopped
1/4 cup Kraft zesty italian dressing
1 cup Mayonnaise (can use light mayo too)
1/2 cup Pesto
Pine nuts, toasted

Cook pasta according to package directions, cool. Mix in Roma tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, olives, feta, pine nuts, & artichoke hearts. In a small bowl mix Italian dressing, Mayo, and Pesto. Toss with pasta and serve.

I love love love this. You have to like pesto to make it, so hopefully you do. I used the mayo light, so I could cut back on calories. To me it still tasted great. I also didn't add the sun dried tomatoes because they weren't on sale and added peas to the pasta and it tasted really good. I love pasta it is one of my favorite cuisines. This is definitely a keeper for our family!

1 comment:

Melissa Stringham said...

This is so so good. I also used light mayo and did not buy sun dried tomatoes, but it was very very delicious...highly recommended.