My favorite pasta salad is one that has evolved from a variety of pasta salads I've had in the past and the combination of the dressing I use makes it pretty unique :o)
Pasta Salad
1 box tri colored pasta
1/2 - 1 cup Caesar salad dressing
1/2 - 1 cup Italian salad dressing
1 cup sliced grape tomatoes
1 cup sliced sweet peppers (I used mini orange sweet peppers)
1 small can sliced olives
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan Cheese
1/2 - 1 teaspoon hot pepper flakes
Cook pasta according to directions on box. Once its cooked, run pasta under running cold water. Toss the other ingredients together with the pasta :o) Eat away!
Perhaps the best pasta salad I've ever had -- a good heat from the red pepper flakes, savory balance from the olives, crunch from the peppers -- only thing I might add is a touch of finely chopped prosciutto or rendered bacon fat but, as it's written, nearly perfect
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