Vegetable Pasta Salad
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 5 cups chopped ripe tomato (about 5 medium)
- 1/2 cup finely chopped purple onion
- 4 cups whole wheat rotini (corkscrew pasta), uncooked
- 1 pound medium zucchini, cut lengthwise into 1/2-inch-thick slices
- 1 pound large yellow squash, cut lengthwise into 1/2-inch-thick slices
- Olive-oil flavored vegetable cooking spray
- 10 ounce part-skim mozzarella cheese, cubed
- 3/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh basil
- 3 tablespoons sliced ripe olives
- Combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl; stir well. Add tomato and onion. Set aside.
- Cook pasta according to package directions; drain and add to tomato mixture. Toss well; cover and set aside.
- Arrange zucchini and squash slices on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Coat vegetables with cooking spray. Broil 3 inches from heat (with electric oven door partially opened) 10 minutes on each side or until golden.
- Cut zucchini and squash into 1-inch pieces. Add zucchini, squash, cheese, basil, and olives to pasta mixture; toss well. Cover and chill thoroughly.
red wine vinegar, olive oil, freshly ground pepper, salt, garlic, tomato, purple onion, whole wheat rotini, zucchini, yellow squash, oliveoil, mozzarella cheese, fresh basil, olives
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/vegetable-pasta-salad-0 (may not work)