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Ultimate picnic food: pasta salad

penne pasta with fresh toamtoes, pea pods, and mozzarella

You can't go to picnic, a pool party, or a BBQ without seeing at least one pasta salad. It's easy to make. It's easy to transport. It's not a huge health hazard if you watch the mayo. It tastes pretty good, too.

Now I hate posting a "recipe" for something like a pasta salad, as it seems almost like posting a recipe for making cold breakfast cereal - it's mostly common sense. Nonetheless, I am putting the ingredients for the Forza Italia! pasta we ate during the World Cup finals. Perhaps it will serve as a source of inspiration, if nothing else.

Sarah's Forza Italia! Penna Pasta

Toss hot cooked penna pasta with enough pesto to suit your personal picky taste. Add a few handfuls of fresh pea pods cut on the bias to match the shape of the penne (details, my friends, details!), a handful of cherry tomatoes cut into quarters, and fresh perle bufala mozzarella.

Now, wasn't that fun?

Filed Under: Vegetarian, Spirit of Summer, Ingredients, How To
Tags: america, cheese, dinner, grains, italy, lunch, vegetables

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Kelly

8-19-2006 @9:23PM Kelly said... The pasta salad idea was FANTASTIC. I kept the basil but I substituted the peas for collosal black olives the penne to tri colour fusilli and some fresh tomatoes. Thanks for such a great and easy recipe.
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