PASTA SALAD
INGREDIENTS:
1 lb. of pasta of your choice, cook per manufacturers directions
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 green bell pepper, diced
3 green onions, diced
1 cup cucumber, sliced and quartered
1/2 cup grated and/or diced carrots
1/2 cup smoked ham slices, diced
3/4 cup black olives, halved or circular sliced
1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved and/or quartered
Fresh chopped basil for garnish (optional)
8 oz.
Fresh Mozzarella Balls or Bocconcini , halved (optional)
1 cup Duke's mayonnaise - to taste ALTERNATE: Package
of Ranch Dressing
1 teaspoon sea salt - to taste
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black peppercorns,
(Tellicherry)
OPTIONAL VINAIGRETTE DRESSING
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/3 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black peppercorns,
(Tellicherry)
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley
2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
Mix all ingredients and add to pasta and veggies. NOTE:
Mix in a pint jar, place lid on and shake vigorously
OPTIONAL SWEET VINAIGRETTE DRESSING
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup white granulated sugar
2 tablespoons vinegar
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black peppercorns
(Tellicherry)
Mix all ingredients and add to pasta and veggies. NOTE:
Mix in a pint jar, place lid on and shake vigorously
DIRECTIONS:
Boil pasta in an 8 quart pasta pot with at least 6 quarts of water,
adding one tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil and boil for 12 to 18 minutes.
Drain pasta and run tap water to cool pasta down. Drain water from
pasta pot adding pasta and all ingredients back to the pasta pot and mix well.
Garnish with fresh chopped basil (optional.) Serve
warm or cold.
YIELD: 6 or more servings
I used fresh diced tomatoes for the above pixs, cleaned the
mayonnaise off the black olives, ham and green bell pepper for a better
picture! You can add what veggies you like and meat of your choice
as with the seasonings and dressing.
Recipe inspired by Rebecca. RN of Gentiva Hospice, Rockingham, NC
SEQUENCE PIXS TAKEN - CLICK ON THUMBNAILS FOR A
LARGER SCREEN VIEW:
Web page created by Bill aka Mickey Porter on 06-22-2026.
PASTA SALAD WITH OPTIONAL VINAIGRETTE DRESSING
I did the above pasta salad with option vinaigrette dressing on 06-26-2026.
I later went back and added 1/2 pound of diced smoked sausage to one of
the containers and adjusted the salt and pepper to taste. The
pasta salad was "off the chain good."
Web page updated by Bill aka Mickey Porter on 06-26-2026.
LEAVING ON A
SPIRITUAL NOTE
If you do not know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, please take
this moment to accept him by Faith into your Life, whereby Salvation
will be attained.
Ephesians 2:8 - 2:9 8 For by grace are ye saved through
faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: 9 Not of
works, lest any man should boast.
Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen.”
Romans 10:17 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by
the word of God.”
Open this
link about faith in the King James
Bible.
Romans 10:9 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him
from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”
Open this
link of Bible Verses About Salvation,
King James Version Bible (KJV).
Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and
sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder
of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of
the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of
God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory
of God;”
Micah 6:8 “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what
doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and
to walk humbly with thy God?”
Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me."
