Pasta Salad

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 large red onions
• 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 cup sun-dried tomato (cut into pieces)
• 1 cup pine nuts
• 2 zucchini (large)
• fresh basil
• 2 tablespoons dijon mustard
• 2 cups mozzarella cheese
• salt and pepper
• 12 ounces rigatoni pasta

Recipe

• 1 cook pasta and cool; set aside.
• 2 sauté chopped onions until tender and lightly browned.
• 3 add sun-dried tomatoes. sauté together.
• 4 add zucchini, salt and pepper and cook all together until zucchini is tender. add additional oil if necessary. add pine nuts.
• 5 mix together with pasta. when well mixed add dijon mustard and stir well. add fresh basil leaves, or add as garnish.
• 6 chill for 1 hour minimum.
• 7 add cheese and serve (i have used mozzarella mostly, but other soft cheeses that can be easily cubed or cut into nice sized pieces also works).
• 8 *you can substitute the cheese with chicken pieces, or with another vegetable if you're a vegetarian, or need a lactose-free salad.