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Anyway Pasta Salad

8/24/2013

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One of our favorite family musicians is Billy Jonas.  His song "Any Way You Go You're Gonna Get There" makes me think of all of my pasta salad success stories of late.

RANDOM?  Perhaps, but this is the way my brain works!

For this salad, you truly let your taste buds guide you.  Typically I NEED a recipe to follow, at least loosely.  But with a pasta salad, you simply need pasta, a sauce and then add-ons.  It can be different every time and it'll always be awesome!  When using Thrive ingredients, this healthy meal takes only the length of time needed to boil the pasta!  

ANY WAY YOU GO PASTA SALAD is my new "go to" easy meal.  Unfortunately for you, it's not an exact science... but it's going to end up delicious, that I can promise!

HOW TO:
  1. Start with your favorite pasta noodles, make at least 1.5 times the serving suggestions so that you have left overs!
  2. Choose your sauce.  The easiest (and tastiest) has been when we used Thrive Bechamel (alfredo) Sauce.  That sauce takes 2 minutes to whip up and provides the perfect creamy sauce for this hot or cold salad.
  3. PROTEIN?  Want to add some proteins?  We scooped in some Thrive chopped chicken.  Add this to your boiling pasta water during the last 5 minutes OR set in it's own bowl of room temperature water for about 20 minutes (that's what's reconstituting in the measuring up to the right).
  4. VEGGIES!  This is the fun part, if you have THRIVE in your pantry!  Choose your favorites and simply throw them into the boiling pasta water for the last minute before draining.  I've used:  corn, peas, onions, celery, broccoli, asparagus...
  5. Drain your masterpiece, mix in your sauce, add a little Thrive Chef's Choice Seasoning Blend (or salt and pepper if you haven't bought Chef's Choice yet... I promise you'll use it OFTEN!).  Top with Parmesean OR Feta cheese if desired (depending on what type of salad you're going for.  Pictured to the right is a "greek salad" I experimented with...YUM!

*If you want to use fresh ingredients, go for it!  Simply wash, chop and still add during the last minute or two of boiling pasta water to soften the veggies.

My mom made the pasta salad featured above and made SO much that the next day she took it to a friends' house, warmed it up, added more Bechamel and feasted.  That friend has since been enjoying the leftover leftovers as a cold salad for lunch...as have I!  Perfect for my first week back at school.  YUM!
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