Foodista | Recipes, Cooking Tips, and Food News | Tri-Colore Pasta Salad W/ Homemade Sun-Dried Tomat

Ingredients

• 1 cup mini bow-tie pasta boiled al dente (or mini cavatelli, or fu
• 1 small onion- diced in a similar size to the pasta
• 1/2 green bell pepper- diced same size as the onions
• 1 roma tomato- diced same size as onions/peppers
• 3 cloves garlic- crushed and minced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• coarse black pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
• 1 tablespoon red crushed pepper (or put to taste)
• 1/2 cup mini fresh mozzarella pearls (or just cubed into small pieces)
• Parmagiana cheese- for garnish
• PAM olive oil flavored cooking spray (or regular PAM)
• 1/4 (about) Homemade Sun-dried Tomato Basil Vinaigrette (Recipe BELOW)
• Homemade Sun-dried Tomato Basil Vinaigrette:
• 3 sun-dried tomatoes- from a jar packed in oil
• 1 tablespoon capers
• 1 clove garlic- crushed
• 1 tablespoon dried basil leaves (or ½ cup fresh basil would be amazing!)
• 1 tablespoon red win vinegar
• 1/4 (about) olive oil
• red crushed pepper- to taste