Lunch Time

Because I am feeling under the weather, I stayed home from work to rest and try to get well, or at least better to return to work. For lunch today, I wanted something light and not too time consuming. I made a pasta salad and found a new addition to my normal recipe. You can add anything you want to this recipe. Consider this just a guideline to tailor it to your own tastes. First, boil tri-color pasta. Add enough Italian dressing to make the salad moist but not swimming. Add chopped black olives. Normally, I add cherry or grape tomatoes but I was out of them. You could add green onions and bellpepper, if you like. Any kind of fresh herbs would be a great addition. And if you like cheese by all means add it to the salad. The new ingredient is...McCormick Salad Toppins(TM). I've had this product on green salads and it added extra flavor. It's great to leave in your desk at work for lunch salads. A nice crunch was added to my pasta salad. You could always just substitute nuts. I thought I had sunflower seeds on hand and was initially going to use them instead. But apparently I need to go to the store.