Picnic For Dinner Tonight

Picnic For Dinner Tonight...Isn"t this a cute basket? This Pasta Salad is my son Tyler's favorite. I use cheese tortellini and mediterranean ingredients, the dressing is an oil and balsamic vinegar perfect for a picnic dinner.
Mediterranean Pasta Salad

Ingredients
1 pound of cheese tortellini cooked according to the package
1/2 cup of julienned sun dried tomatoes
1/2 cup of marinated artichoke hearts
1/2 cup of kalmata olives, halved
2 small perisan cucumbers, chopped
1 sweet red pepper, chopped
1 carrot, chopped
1/2 small red onion chopped
1 handful of fresh basil, chopped
1 handful of feta cheese, crumbled
Drizzle of olive oil
Drizzle of Balsamic Vinegar
Salt and Pepper to taste

I made my salad this afternoon and placed it in the fridge for dinner. I also like to serve it with a rustic European stone-hearth bread from our local bakery Bread and Cie. For tonight we are having Black Olive

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