April's Favorite Pasta Salad

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 8 ounces rotini pasta
• 2 broccoli florets, chopped
• 1 cucumber, seeded and chopped
• 2 carrots, sliced
• 3/4 cup grape tomatoes, halved
• 1/4 red onion, chopped
• 1/2 lb mozzarella cheese, cubed (or cheddar)
• 2/3 cup vinegar, heinz gourmet salad vinegar
• 2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1 dash black pepper
• 2 tablespoons mccormick's salad supreme dry seasoning (don't leave this out!, i use salad supreme seasoning)

Recipe

• 1 cook and drain the pasta, but do not rinse. allow to cool. (any clumping of the pasta will be fixed when it is tossed with the dressing.)
• 2 meanwhile, place vegetables and cheese in a large bowl.
• 3 combine vinegar, oil, sugar, and seasonings in container with lid; shake well and pour over vegetables and gently toss.
• 4 add cooled pasta to vegetable mixture and toss well. chill until ready to serve.
• 5 *note: you could just substitute regular vinegar in place of the gourmet salad vinegar if you want. i do that when i'm out of the salad vinegar and it works fine.