Spring Shell Salad

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb shell pasta
• 2 cups slice asparagus
• 6 tablespoons oil
• 4 tablespoons vinegar
• 4 large garlic cloves, minced
• 1 cup sliced zucchini
• 2 tablespoons chopped basil
• 1 pint cherry tomatoes
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley

Recipe

• 1 cook the pasta. drain, reserving some of the water to steam the asparagus inches
• 2 pour pasta into a medium bowl.
• 3 set vegetable steamer in pot and reheat the water. steam asparagus until just tender, but still bright green.
• 4 rinse, drain and pour into cooling pasta along with the vinegar and oil.
• 5 in a small frying pan, heat 2 tsp oil. add garlic, zucchini and basil sauté until zucchini is just barely tender.
• 6 add to pasta along with tomatoes, salt, parsley and fresh basil.
• 7 chill for at least 1 hour before serving.