Daily Dish- Pasta Salad

My sister-in-law will occasionally bring this dish to family outings and people always dive right into it. She's the type of cook that can look through an almost empty fridge and bare cabinets and still be able to whip up something fantastic. Although she admits that she usually doesn't make the same dish twice since her way of cooking is, "not sure what seasoning I used last time so I'll try this one". It's amazing only because when I do that, the chef that also happens to be my husband gives me advice on how to do it differently next time.

So I finally commented one day on this amazing pasta dish and, of course, my sister-in-law says "oh it's the easiest thing". She gave me the ingredients and I tried it for one of my own cookouts and, to my surprise, it was a hit. Of course I did it slightly different but I got the same results and now I'm required at almost every outing to make this dish (or my deviled eggs).

Ingredients:

• 1 Package family size, Three Cheese pasta (preferably Bertolli)
• 1/2 Onion
• 1 Cucumber
• 1 Red or Yellow (or both)
• Small vine tomatoes
• Diced olives
• Mozzarella (or you can cheat and get string cheese and just cut into small round pieces)
• Robusto Italian Dressing

 Directions:

• Cook the pasta and then let it sit in a large strainer while you run cool water over it
• Dice the onion, cucumber and pepper. I always prefer small pieces
• Slice the vine tomatoes into fourths
• Cut the mozzarella or the string cheese into small round pieces
• Mix all the ingredients together in a large serving bowl
• Not sure if this makes a difference but I always wait to mix the Robusto dressing into the pasta salad until I'm ready to serve the dish

Enjoy!