Pasta Salad

This is hands down my most requested dish! When there

are parties this is what I'm asked to make 90 percent

of the time. I tend not to like most pasta salad's because

I'm not a fan of bottled dressings. The dressing is what makes

this. It's so good. You can add turkey instead of pepperoni.

Pasta Salad

1 box rotini pasta

6 ounces pepperoni, diced

6 ounces provolone cheese, diced

1 red onion, thinly sliced

1/2 of a English cucumber, thinly sliced

1/2 of a green bell pepper, chopped

1/2 of a red bell pepper, chopped

black olives, "optional"

1/4 cup fresh parsley

1/4 cup of grated Parmesan

Dressing

1/2 cup of olive oil

1/4 cup of red wine vinegar

2 garlic cloves, minced

1 teaspoon dried basil

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1/2 teaspoon ground mustard seed

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon pepper

1) Cook pasta and drain. Rinse with cold water, set aside.

2) In a large bowl, mix the cooled pasta with all the salad

ingredients.

3) Mix the dressing well and pour over pasta salad and mix.

4) Cover and chill for 6 hours.