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Alma's Pasta Salad with Greens

Pot luck season will soon be upon us and it is best to prepared. Try this easy, tasty and healthy salad!

Pasta Salad with Greens

1 1/2 lb pasta such as bowties, farfalle or any other small pasta, (can use whole wheat Barilla brand)
1/2 lb small cubes of queso fresco or other mild cheese like mozzarella
2 cups chopped peppers, I used spicy orange piquillo peppers
3 cups salad greens
1/2 cup any salad dressing-more to taste (make a batch of 1 cup olive oil, 1/3 cup balsamic vinegar, 1-2 TBS honey, salt and pepper to taste)
1 tsp salt
1/4 -1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper

Cook pasta, drain it and let cool.
Add cheese, peppers, salad greens and salt and pepper
Pour on dressing and coat salad and pasta
Enjoy!

P.S. This is great to bring to brunches, BBQs or any other type of potluck

Alma Schneider, LCSW, is founder of Take Back the Kitchen. Like TBK, this blog is dedicated to helping people recognize and overcome the common and unique obstacles to being everything they hope to be in the kitchen. She writes for Womens Day on line magazine, she is a featured Kitchen Coach Expert on realsavvymoms.com and healthy food sponsor for BabyLovesdisco.com.

Posted in: Take Back the Kitchen on 05/05/2011