Patriotic Pasta Salad
Servings 8
Ingredients
- 4 cups cooked bow tie pasta that has been colored blue according to instructions in the post
- 1 cup cooked star shaped pasta
- 5 thin slices of mozzarella cheese that have been cut with a small star shaped cookie cutter
- 1/2 cup blueberries
- 20 cherry or grape tomatoes cut into slices
- 1/2 cup mini pepperonis
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan
- 1/2 cup balsamic vinaigrette or Italian dressing
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp . garlic powder
Instructions
- Mix the two pastas together first in a large bowl. Mix the balsamic vinaigrette with the salt, garlic and grated parmesan and then pour the mixture over the 2 pastas. Add the rest of the ingredients except for 5-7 of the mozzarella stars and then mix. Add the leftover stars to the top of the salad for added decoration.