Tri-Color Rotini Salad

My own personal revamping of a combination of several recipes I found. I'd suggest mixing in really whatever veggies your heart desires, the amount of each being adjustable as well. However, this is what I used and it was quite delish. 

Ingredients:

• 1 box tri-color rotini 
• 1/2 red onion, diced
• 1 tomato, diced 
• 1/2 green pepper, diced
• 1/2 red pepper, diced
• 6 oz. Swiss cheese, cubed (A lot of recipes use mozzarella but this was YUM)
• ~6 oz. Italian dressing (I killed what was left at the end of the bottle...it's really lightly covered with no glop at the bottom with this, but you can add more)

Look at that pasta cooling

Pretty!

Directions:

• Boil pasta according to package directions. Let cool.
• Dice/cube vegetables.
• Throw pasta and veggies in a large bowl. 
• Pour Italian dressing.
• Mix & serve! 

Prep: ~20 minutes (Took me longer, but I'm a little obsessive with the dicing)

Yield: I'd guess a week's worth of lunches. I'm only on day 1 today.

Rigatoni with Sun-Dried Tomato Cream Pasta

Ingredients:

• 2 cups (16 oz.) pasta (I used rigatoni, but penne or anything similar works!)
• 1/3 cup of sun-dried tomatoes
• 1 can (12 oz.) evaporated milk (I used Nestle Carnation Fat Free Milk)
• 1 8 oz. package shredded Italian-style 4-cheese blend
• 1 tsp. dried basil
• 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp. ground black pepper

Instructions:

• Prepare pasta according to package directions. Add sun-dried tomatoes to boiling pasta water for last 2-4 minutes of cooking time.
• Combine evaporated milk, cheese, basil, garlic powder, and pepper in saucepan over medium heat. Cook until cheese is melted, remove.
• Add mix to sun-dried tomatoes and pasta and serve.

Prep: 10 minutes

Cooking: 15 minutes

Yields: 7 servings

Adding shrimp or chicken to it would be delicious as well. 

Side note: if your can opener breaks as you go to open your evaporated milk can, an alternative way of opening your can is to stab the top with a steak knife. Not recommended for those under the age of 16. Yes, that happened.

Enjoy!