Mom's Yummy Pasta Salad

• 1 (16 ounce) box tri-colored pasta
• 1 (24 ounce) bottle Italian salad dressing (no specific brand-any works)
• 1 cucumber, chopped into small chunks
• 1 (8 ounce) container mushrooms (sliced-preferably fresh not out of a can)
• 1 (16 ounce) package cherry tomatoes
• 1 (4 ounce) jar black olives (the olives can be sliced or whole whichever you prefer- i buy the 8 ounce jar and just use half and )
• 1 (4 ounce) jar green olives
• 8 ounces monterey jack pepper cheese (cubed)

1. cook the pasta , after cooked cool in fridge or over ice.
2. in a medium mixing bowl put italian dressing, cucumber, mushrooms, tomatoes, green and black olives , and cheese.
3. stir the ingredients and let it marinate until your pasta cools.
4. when pasta is cool put pasta in mixing bowl with veggies and dressing.
5. stir.
6. cool in fridge for about an hour or so.
7. eat and enjoy!

pasta, italian salad dressing, cucumber, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, black olives, green olives, pepper cheese

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/moms-yummy-pasta-salad-349577 (may not work)