easy colorful pasta salad

Yum! I love this stuff

Easy Colorful Pasta Salad

1 box or 16 oz. of pasta I used rotini
10  quartered cherry tomatoes
1/4 onion
1 cup italian dressing
3/4 cup of pitted olives sliced or plain
1 cucumber sliced


cook pasta. meanwhile mix dressing, tomatoes, onion,cucumber, and olives. mixin pasta refrigerate for at least 2 hours. enjoy!

adapted from: http://www.yummly.com/recipe/external/Easy-Cold-Pasta-Salad-Allrecipes

Tips:

1. slice the cucumber thinly 
2. add enough dressing that the past doesn't feel dry or sticky but don't have pasta floating in dressing either.
3. dice the tomatoes 

Variations

1. Add more or less pasta - I prefer more pasta than toppings
2. add more or less toppings 
3. add chicken 

Caroline 

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