totally bitchin' pasta salad

my favourite lazy recipe ever. measurements aren't really necessary cause you make this with whatever you've got lying around. it's really easy to improvise, too. my parents always add beef strips to it.

1 pot of cooked pasta
chopped cherry or grape tomatoes
chopped spinach or lettuce
finely chopped parsley
pitted, roughly chopped kalamata olives
hot eggplant strips (an antipasto that you buy in a jar or at the deli - they're awesome)
chopped green onion or very, very finely chopped/sliced red onion
chopped cucumber
chopped bell pepper

dressing:
1 or 2 cloves of garlic (depending on your taste)
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp dijon mustard
1/4 - 1/3 cup olive oil
pinch of salt

to make the dressing, pound the garlic and salt into a pulp with a mortar and pestle. then mix in vinegar and mustard, and gradually whisk in olive oil. dressing should become thick.

mix all ingredients together, toss with dressing, et voila!

 

mm, I love pasta salad, esp with olives! I'll give it a try