Ingredients
Pasta salad:
- 1 box (350 g) rotinis (or other pasta, to taste)
- 125 ml (1/2 cup) sun dried tomato dressing
- 2 cans of 170 g each, tuna, drained
- 18 cherry tomatoes (varied colors), cut in half
- 100 g (3 1/2 oz) Mozzarella, diced
- 1/2 minced red onion
- 45 ml (3 tablespoons) minced basil
Optional:
- 3 halves of peppers (red, orange, yellow), minced
- 12 black olives
Preparation
Salad:
- In a saucepan, boil salted water and cook pasta until al dente.
- Cool under cold water, drain.
- In a large bowl, pour dressing.
- Add tuna, pasta, cherry tomatoes, cheese, onion, basil - add peppers and olives to taste.
- Add salt & pepper, mix.
Sun dried tomato dressing:
- In a blender, mix all following ingredients for 30 to 40 seconds:
- 30 ml (2 tablespoons) sun dried tomato pesto
- 180 ml (3/4 cup) olive oil
- 30 ml (2 tablespoons) chive, chopped
- 15 ml (1 tablespoon) lemon juice
- 45 ml (3 tablespoons) parsley, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, chopped
- Salt & pepper
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