Tuesday, May 12, 2009

beyond easy pasta salad

Basically you through whatever veggies you have with some whole pasta and Italian dressing. But here's exactly what I did:
2 zucchinis
1/2 onion
1 1/2 cup chopped mushrooms
1/2 bell pepper
minced garlic to taste-I did about a Tbsp
{This is just what we had in the fridge, adjust to whatever, add whatever...fool proof really.}
put these veggies in frying pan and saute in olive oil until desired doneness, when onions are transparent is probably good.
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In large bowl combine sauteed veggies with:
2 sm tomatoes, chopped
1 sm jar of artichoke hearts
whatever else you have (I bet cucumber would be yummy...)
1/2 bag of whole wheat egg noodles (cooked)
squirt a bunch of Italian salad dressing (mine was roasted red pepper Italian) and shake a few solid shakes of Parmesan cheese in there and stir. We demolished it, including the littlest member of the the fam. Eat it warm or cold.