"Whatever I have left in the house" pasta salad

[warheart]

Of course, the week that I am totally poor and using up the last scraps of my food is the week that I have to bring in a "covered dish" to work for a luncheon. I decided that I will make pasta salad, unless some other idea strikes me and I happen to have the ingredients for it

Comments

[jimheem]

has anyone seen my carrots, I left them in the breakroom.

[warheart]

Uhhh... carrots? Nope! Heyyy look behind you over there the boss is wiping her butt with your mouse pad! *steals carrots*
The carrots were actually from a catered event here so they don't really belong to anyone. :P

[pstscrpt]

Just oil isn't a salad dressing. If you have an Italian dressing mix packet, use it, or you could just go with vinegar (red wine or balsamic?), salt, pepper, oregano or thyme, and maybe garlic or onion powder.

Olives would be good, too.

[warheart]

Well I didn't think it was a salad dressing but that's what I have been told is used in pasta salad by the various friends I have asked. I do have italian salad dressing at home, I will use that instead. Thanks!

[goose_entity]

if you have a dollar tree near you, they have balsamic vinegar - a vinaigrette made with balsamic tastes awesome :)

[fabunobo]

Yeah! You need a bit of flavor from a vinagrette dressing.

[pearlbeachlady]

I bet chicken sausage would be good.

Good call on the Italian Dressing instead of the oil.

[amyvand25]

Wishbone Italian is the dressing of choice at my house; and I also love beans, so I add a can of garbanzos and red kidney beans to mine.

[warheart]

Mmm that sounds so much better. I'm going to see if I can pick some up on the way home.

[supereliz]

vinegar!