Asian-Style Pasta Salad

Ingredients:

• 1 (16 oz) package Pasta
• 2 cups Broccoli Florets
• 1 Red Bell Pepper (chopped)
• ½ cup Red Onion (diced)
• 1 cup Snow Peas
• 1 cup Asian-Style Salad Dressing
• Salt (to taste)
• Black Pepper (ground, to taste)
• 1 tbsp fresh Ginger Root (minced, optional)
• 1 tbsp Garlic (minced, optional)
• 1 tbsp Sesame Oil
• ½ tbsp Sesame Seeds


How to make Asian-Style Pasta Salad:
• Boil water in a large pot and blanch broccoli in it for 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from water.
• Blanch snow peas for 1 to 2 minutes. Remove and keep aside.
• Boil water in a large pan with salt to taste.
• Cook the pasta in the boiling water until tender. Drain and transfer to a large bowl.
• Add Asian-style salad dressing to the pasta and toss well.
• Add broccoli, red bell pepper, red onion, snow peas, ginger and garlic. Toss well to blend the contents well.
• Add salt and black pepper. Mix well.
• Refrigerate the pasta salad for several hours or overnight.
• Sprinkle sesame oil and sesame seeds over the salad and serve.