An Unplanned Dinner

Pasta Salad















2 cups curly pasta, cooked and drained
1 cup each of broccoli florets, diced carrots, de-seeded and finely diced tomatoes, de-seeded and finely chopped cucumber too
¼ cup sliced spring onions Left these out because I didn't have any in the fridge
about ½ cup of your favourite creamy salad dressing I used Taylors Avacado and Garlic Dressing, just enough to coat the pasta and salad stuff

I also added a handful of grated cheddar because I felt like it

Toss pasta and vegetables in a large bowl. Add remaining ingredients and toss lightly. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

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Yu-u-um! This is a pasta salad that I cobbled together from a few different recipes and fine-tuned until it was perfect. I must admit that I don't exactly measure the ingredients, near enough is good enough in this one. The time crept forward tonight and I didn't realise quite how late it had become and I still hadn't organised dinner so... Pasta salad it was. Tonight we topped it off with crumbed lamb chops, just regular bread crumbs today as I used up all the cornflakes in last weeks Honey Joy madness. I think this must be Offspring #1's second favourite meal (tuna and pasta AKA Tuna Mornay is the hands down winner) pasta and salad and "meat with a handle" - what more could a hungry, growing 4-year-old boy want? This pasta salad is so yummy - it's creamy and chewy, crunchy and smooth all at the same time. Luckily there's enough left for my lunch. Offspring #2 got to eat mummy-pre-prepared mixed vegetables from the freezer - she flatly refuses to eat tinned, canned or commercially prepared food, even desserts - and some of the pasta minus the dressing and goodies and then had a great time chowing down on Daddy's chop bone. I think we have a real meat-eater there.

Question Of The Day: What is your hands-down-guaranteed-to-please-the-whole-family dinner?

PS - Not sure what's going on here. I have tried to edit several times to fix the layout of this post but nothing is working so... apologies and hopefully I'll have it worked out tomorrow.

PPS - I think I have it fixed now, fingers crossed!