Favourite Pasta Salad Recipes

Steps:

• Cook pasta to box directions. Drain in colander and run cold water over to rinse.
• While pasta is cooking, cut tomatoes, onion, and green pepper.
• Add vegetables to a large bowl with pasta. Salt and pepper to taste. Pour one of the bottles of dressing into the pasta mixture. Cover and put in the refrigerator to cool completely.
• Once cooled, toss with a large spoon to mix well and add a second bottle of dressing, mix. Add crumbled Feta cheese and mix. I do this before I serve it or before I walk out the door on my way to a cookout.
• You can add just about anything that sounds good to this salad! Sometimes I add sliced banana peppers, mushrooms (sliced, canned, or fresh), garbanzo beans, sliced green olives... whatever suits your taste buds! Enjoy!

Steps:

• Cook the pasta, adding the peas for final 2 mins cooking time. Drain, rinse with cold water to cool, then drain again. Tip into a bowl with the chopped herbs, lemon zest and juice, olive oil and plenty of seasoning and mix well. Cover and chill, spooning out portions as and when. If you're making this for one person, by days 3 and 4 you'll need to stir in a little olive oil or something creamy to loosen the pasta.

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add penne pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• Combine pasta, cucumbers, tomatoes, mayonnaise, sour cream, dill weed and lemon pepper. Serve as is or chill for 45 minutes.