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recipe-quick-pasta-salad-for-two Joan’s Quick Pasta Salad for Two,
Fast and great tasting serve cold or hot!








Ingredients
1 lb. Rigatoni Macaroni
Penne, Ziti, tri-color spiral pasta, farfalle
bow-tie pasta any pasta or ravioli is good
1Bunch Broccoli
1 Sm. Bag Carrots
2 Celery Stalks
1 Red Bell Pepper
1 Red Onion
1 Clove Garlic
2 Chicken Breasts
1 Small Jar Marinated Artichoke Hearts
1 Small Can Sliced Black Olives
Vegetable Oil
Red Wine Vinegar
Italian Parmesan Cheese

Directions:
2 seasoned Chicken* breasts marinated in Worcestershire sauce,
vegetable oil, red onion, garlic, cover refrigerate 2-3 minutes
1 bunch Broccoli cut flowerets, peel & cut stems into cubes,
steam in ¼ cup water 3- minute or blanched slightly till outer is tender,
uncover, remove broccoli from water.
Add 2 table spoons of oil, & ½ tea spoon of minced garlic.
Lightly cover, mix and let stand at room temperature .
4 long med-size weigh Carrots (or 1 small bag of baby carrots)
wash, peel if needed , cut into ½ inch coin slices,
cook till a little tender but hard in center
Clean 2 long Celery stalks with leaves from mid section,
cut long stalk by hand in haft, slide & pull strings off ,
cut stalks in ½ inch angle slices ,chop and dice leaves
Remove Chicken from refrig. Broil or Grill until cooked,
cut ¾ inch quartered lengthwise, shake a little
steak seasoning or salt pepper lightly.
1 small can of sliced black Olives, drained, and dried
1 large red or yellow bell Pepper, use uncooked, peels lightly,
dis-guard pits & cut whites inners,
then cut pepper into matchstick-size strips
if using a green pepper roast lightly, peel,
then cut pepper into matchstick-size strips
Red Onion cut diagonally 3 thin slices
separate and pop all the rings, any inner fat ones dice or cut into cubes.
Marinated Artichoke hearts use 1 small jar in oil
In a small measuring cup whisk in ¼ cup Red Wine Vinegar,
1/2 cup olive Oil,
1/2 teaspoons minced Garlic or garlic powder
Note instead of chicken you may use
12 frozen Shrimp follow directions for cooking ,
you can add ground ginger, for taste and chopped green scallions,
and flat young snow peas instead of celery
or 4 Spicy Italian Sausage, sliced in angle
PASTA , Any Pasta is good
1 lb. Rotini Macaroni Use a large enough pot
For each pound of pasta, you will need at least 4 quarts of water.
Add 2 table spoons of coarse salt, after the water comes to a boil,
add 2 tablespoons oil into water and stirring frequently.
Add pasta to salted boiling water, cook uncovered.
Cook 2 to 3 minutes less than manufacturer's instructions,
until the outside of pasta is cooked and the inside is underdone.
When Is It Done Pasta should be al dente firm to the bite
If undercooked, it will have a chalky core and floury taste;
if overcooked, it will be limp and soggy. When cooking pasta to use later,
it is especially important that it is al dente as it will continue to cook .
Start tasting the pasta two to 10 minutes before the end of the cooking
time given on the package.
Transfer pasta to a colander, and rinse under cold running water
to stop the cooking; drain well
Find a Large Platter or Microwave dish transfer drained cold pasta
Take measuring cup of whisk red wine vinegar and oil and garlic,
and pour over pasta
Toss broccoli with cut red peppers, artichoke hearts with oil,
olives drained and dried, along with drained carrots, red onion,
celery and toss to combine
If you used other extras like; shrimp, chicken,
sausage mix a little into pasta and save some pieces to garnish over top,
add Italian Parmesan Cheese coarsely graded