Santa Fe Pasta Salad (Robyn's recipe)

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Ingredients

• 1 - 16 oz. package Rotini pasta
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• DRESSING
• 2 cups Hot & Spicy V-8 juice
• 3 Tbsp. olive oil
• 2 Tbsp. red wine vinegar
• 2 tea. chili powder
• 1 tea. smoked paprika
• 1 tea. salt
• 1/2 tea. pepper
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• ADDITIONS/OPTIONS TO THE SALAD
• 1 chicken breast fillet, cooked and diced
• 2-3 thick cut slices of salami, cubed
• 4 oz. PepperJack cheese, cubes
• 1 can black beans, drained
• 1 can yellow corn kernels, drained
• 1 small jar marinated artichokes, chopped
• sliced green and/or black olives
• 1/4 cup chopped green onion
• 2 Tbsp. diced red bell pepper
• 2 Tbsp. diced green bell pepper

Preparation

Step 1

PASTA:
Cook 8-11 minutes - it should be al dente, or mostly tender but with a slight toughness in the middle. Cool.

DRESSING:
Whisk all of the dressing ingredients together in a small bowl. Add 1/2 of the dressing to the cooled pasta to marinate while you are preparing the rest of the salad ingredients.

ADDITIONS
Add any additions and the remaining dressing as needed.