Home Town Drive-In Pasta Salad

• 1 (12 ounce) package tri-color rotini pasta
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons hot water
• 1/4 cup white vinegar
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1 large tomato, diced
• 1 red bell pepper, diced
• 1/4 cup finely diced sweet onion
• 1 (8 ounce) package shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
• 1 pinch ground black pepper to taste (optional)

1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook rotini pasta at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes; drain and rinse with cold water to cool.
2. Whisk sugar, salt, and hot water in a large salad bowl until sugar has dissolved. Stir vinegar, vegetable oil, and oregano into sugar mixture to make a dressing. Mix tomato, red bell pepper, and onion in the dressing. Gently fold rotini into dressing and vegetables, mix in Cheddar cheese, and season with black pepper.

rotini pasta, white sugar, salt, water, white vinegar, vegetable oil, oregano, tomato, red bell pepper, sweet onion, cheddar cheese, ground black pepper

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/231107/home-town-drive-in-pasta-salad/ (may not work)