Since I literally just whipped this up yesterday afternoon, do everything to your taste ~ I have no precise measurements!
Salad:
cold mini pasta bow ties (half box)
chopped green olives
chopped cukes
diced red onions
chopped mushrooms
diced peppers (red, green, yellow, orange)
crunched up bacon (12 slices)
halved cherry tomato's
halved small mozz. cheese balls
diced roasted red peppers
a few healthy hand fulls of shredded parm. cheese
Toss well
Dressing:
garlic powder
white pepper
fresh ground pepper
parsley flakes
basil flakes
a generous helping of grated parm. cheese
a couple of cap fulls of balsamic vinegar
a few heaping cap fulls of red wine vinegar with garlic
less than a cap full of extra virgin olive oil
2 tables spoons spicy brown mustard
Wisk until well blended, then pour over the salad and mix until everything's coated. Keep in the fridge until serving time.
Salad:
cold mini pasta bow ties (half box)
chopped green olives
chopped cukes
diced red onions
chopped mushrooms
diced peppers (red, green, yellow, orange)
crunched up bacon (12 slices)
halved cherry tomato's
halved small mozz. cheese balls
diced roasted red peppers
a few healthy hand fulls of shredded parm. cheese
Toss well
Dressing:
garlic powder
white pepper
fresh ground pepper
parsley flakes
basil flakes
a generous helping of grated parm. cheese
a couple of cap fulls of balsamic vinegar
a few heaping cap fulls of red wine vinegar with garlic
less than a cap full of extra virgin olive oil
2 tables spoons spicy brown mustard
Wisk until well blended, then pour over the salad and mix until everything's coated. Keep in the fridge until serving time.
Comments
Thanks Jan! I'm over a hundred miles north on the Jersey Shore from Wildwood! For me, Sandy Hook is the best place on the Jersey Shore, followed by down in Cape May. We live minutes from Sandy Hook.
PEPPERONI! Mandy I am SO glad you mentioned that! My mother and I used to get the best pasta salad while I was growing up from a local deli (in Red Bank) that was amazing and we've never been able to replicate the taste and now I know why! There was pepperoni in that pasta salad.