Pasta Salad
We celebrated my mother-in-laws birthday yesterday with a family dinner. We were asked to bring pasta salad. Well, normally we don’t eat pasta salad, and because of that we had never made one before. That’s right, in all my 35 years on this planet, I had never made a pasta salad. So, yesterday my hubby and I ventured into unknown territory and created a pasta salad. Behold!
I found the recipe here, and it was very easy and it turned out to be super tasty too. The spicy flavors were great together with the mild pasta. The only change I would make would be to add a bit of salt and pepper, because even with the stronger spicy flavors, it was a bit mellow. The salt brought out the other flavors more than without it.
Everyone seemed to like it, which was great because when I am making something for the first time I always worry about the outcome.
Oh yes, and while I was at the store I found the cookies I had been hearing about. For a few weeks now I had heard that there were strawberry Milanos in the world, but had yet to find evidence to support that rumor. Well, it’s true! And they are delicious!
Today is a holiday, so we will likely break out the grill for dinner tonight! I am also excited to try out my s’mores baskets for use on the grill or over a fire in the firepit. Hopefully you are having a great holiday too!



