Healthy Pasta Salad

By KSmitherman

Ingredients

• 1 {13.25 oz} box Barilla Piccolini Mini Rotini
• Cherry Tomatoes {about 2 cups, any variety}
• Peppers, any colors, cleaned and sliced thinly
• Kosher Salt
• Pepper
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil {about 1/4 cup}
• 2-3 tablespoons Nakano Roasted Garlic Seasoned Rice Vinegar

Details

Servings 1
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 30mins
Adapted from hoosierhomemade.com

Preparation

Step 1

for Roasted Tomatoes. I thought they would make a perfect side dish. We bought them with every intention of roasting them for a side dish.

On the way home, we started chatting about how we could roast the tomatoes and add them to a Pasta Salad. I had recently received some of the

But how could we add the extra flavor we wanted without adding a bottle of Italian Dressing like we usually do.

I just love all the colors. They are Black Cherry, Honey Grape and Orange Cherry. Then we added the peppers…

Wash the tomatoes, and slice the peppers. Place on a cookie sheet. Drizzle with about 1/4 cup of Extra Virgin Olive Oil and give them a good sprinkle of Kosher Salt and Black Pepper. Roll with your hands until well coated.

according to the directions on the box, then drain and return to pan. Gently toss in the tomatoes and peppers, so they don’t break.

, about 2-3 tablespoons. Mix together and serve hot or place in fridge to chill to serve later.

Wash tomatoes and place on cookie sheet

Clean and slice peppers, place on cookie sheet

Meanwhile, cook pasta according to directions on the box

Or place in fridge, covered, and serve cold later

How do you make your favorite dishes healthy?