Pasta Salad

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 2 lbs pasta (ziti, rigatoni, shells etc)
• 2 (2/3 ounce) packages good seasonings italian salad dressing mix
• 1 (8 ounce) jar roasted red peppers (undrained)
• 1 (8 ounce) jar marinated mushrooms (drained)
• 12 ounces frozen broccoli florets
• 1 lb cheese, your choice, i use sharp cheddar cut in to small chunks
• 1 pepperoni (cut into chunks)
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 dash salt
• 1 dash pepper
• 1 dash onion powder

Recipe

• 1 cook pasta as directed on box.
• 2 remove the peppers from the jar and cut into smaller bite sized pieces and put in bowl with juice from jar.
• 3 cut broccoli crowns down to smaller bite size pieces removing most of the stems put in bowl with the drained marinated mushrooms, and bite sized chunks of cheese and pepperoni.
• 4 make one envelope of the good seasons dressing but instead of the red wine vinegar, use balsamic combine the prepared dressing into the bowl with 1 tsp of onion powder, 3tbs of sugar (or to taste) and s&p to taste.
• 5 once pasta is complete, cool and add to bowl and mix. refrigerate until cool and serve.
• 6 please note: i am italian and i was never taught to cook using measurements so, the measurements are an estimate, use your judgment. you can add and delete any items in the recipe. i have omitted the cheese and pepperoni and added eggplant. use your imagination.