Recipe from Simply Perfect Pasta, a Better Homes and Gardens Special Interest Publication
Husband-Tested in Alice’s Kitchen
I had the pleasure of helping out for a couple of hours in the deli at Lost River Market & Deli last week. Linda, one of the deli chicks, asked me to make two salads for the salad bar. I found this recipe in a magazine I’ve had around for along time. The photo of the salad made me hungry, so I thought I’d give it a try. Linda told me that the salad sold out, so I take that as a good sign. This salad would be perfect for a picnic on one of these lovely fall days we're having right now. Bring along some crusty bread to go with it. The recipe for the other salad I made for the deli that day, Broccoli Salad, is on this blog too. All of the ingredients can be found at Lost River Market & Deli.
Salad Ingredients
7 oz. pasta (I used the vegetable spirals in the bulk section of Lost River Mkt. & Deli.)
6 oz. provolone cheese, cut into cubes
6 oz. Genoa salami, cut into strips
1 small zucchini, thinly sliced
1 small red onion, thinly sliced and separated into rings
½ cup red or green pepper, chopped
2 medium fresh tomatoes cut into wedges
2 ¼ oz. sliced pitted ripe olives, drained
¼ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
¼ cup snipped fresh Italian flat leaf parsley
Dressing Ingredients
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
¼ cup white wine vinegar
1½ teaspoon dry mustard
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried basil or 3 Tablespoons fresh basil, chopped
1 clove fresh garlic, minced
Cook pasta until al dente. Drain and rinse with cold water and drain again. Combine pasta with the remaining salad ingredients.
Combine dressing ingredients in a jar with a lid. Shake the jar vigorously until the dressing ingredients are well combined. Pour over pasta salad.
Since 1977, I’ve been testing recipes on my beloved husband. All of the recipes on my blog have been Husband-Tested in my kitchen using ingredients I purchase at our community-owned grocery store, Lost River Market & Deli and also at the Orange County HomeGrown Farmers Markets in the beautiful hills of South Central Indiana. I do this as a hobby on a volunteer basis. I LOVE TO COOK!
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