I may have posted this recipe before...who knows? So if I have...oh well...and if I haven't TRY IT!! It's been quite a while since I posted a recipe. I guess with the advent of Pinterest I haven't felt the need. But as the weather here is BEYOND beautiful and I have no interest in cooking up a big meal and the fact that summer is around the corner...I am posting our family's favorite pasta salad. I made it last night for the first time since last summer. Still our favorite. Keep in mind that I make several GOOD pasta salads: a Greek pasta salad, our regular macaroni salad, a vinaigrette pasta salad...but while those are delish this is by far the most requested. I make it and take it boating. I make it and take it to picnics. I make it and take it to the lake.
Fiesta Pasta Salad (I have no idea where this recipe came from)
Rotini Pasta
Tomatoes
Frozen or Fresh Corn...thawed
Can of Kidney Beans
Green onions
Black olives
Dressing:
1 C. Mayo
1 T. Chili Powder
1/2 C. Milk
1 Pkg. Hidden Valley Fiesta Dip
Lime Juice
Make the pasta and add all the ingredients in whatever proportion you like. I usually use a box and 1/2 of rotini pasta for our family. For black olives I usually use the sliced. I add two cans of kidney beans. I double the dressing. The lime juice I add until it has just the right limey kick. I also sprinkle a little cayenne pepper in because our family likes a bit of a spice. Also, the original recipe calls for avocado. I omit this...just because I like to eat it for lunch the next day...or later in the day...and the avocados just don't hold out well. All my kids like it (and I have two extremely picky eaters.) Even Bryn ate two large bowls of it last night for dinner.
Side Note: Once when my in-laws came to visit I grabbed cinnamon instead of chili powder and added it in. I FREAKED OUT. Then I tasted it. Still delicious, they had no idea and they even requested the recipe. Ergo...you cannot screw this up. Even if you add the wrong ingredients.
Woohoo Summer!!
