MADDIE DAY here, with a warm-weather dish. Yes, it's only mid-May, but we had a heat wave here this week, and I couldn't bear much cooking in 93-degree weather. I turned on the vent above the stove and boiled a pot of pasta, then threw together this salad once the pasta cooled.
It's adaptable to whatever vegetables and herbs you have around.
Spring Pasta Salad
Ingredients
Half a box of shaped pasta
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
1/2 cup diced cucumber
3 small tomatoes, cubes
1/4 cup diced yellow pepper
1/4 cup diced feta cheese
1 teaspoon capers
salt and pepper
Directions
Cook the pasta according the directions on the box. Rinse, toss with the olive oil, and let cool. Combine all other ingredients and toss, then add salt and pepper to taste. Fresh slivered basil would be a nice addition, but I didn't have any.
We ate outdoors with grilled salmon and chilled white wine. Bon appetit!
Readers: What do you like in your pasta salad?
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Maddie Day (aka Edith Maxwell) is a talented amateur chef and holds a PhD in Linguistics from Indiana University. An Agatha Award-winning and bestselling author, she is a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America and also writes award-winning short crime fiction. She lives with her beau and sweet cat Martin north of Boston, where she’s currently working on her next mystery when she isn’t cooking up something delectable in the kitchen.
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