Basil tortellini salad

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Preparation Time:

10 Min

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Difficulty:

Easy

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

7 oz Package frozen cheese 3 tb Snipped fresh basil
-tortellini 2 tb Grated Parmesan cheese
1 sm Sweet red pepper 1 tb Milk
-- cut in bite-size strips 1/4 ts Pepper
1 c Broccoli flowerets 1 Garlic clove; minced
3/4 c Thinly sliced carrot 1/4 c Pine nuts
1/2 c Mayonnaise

Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain, rinse with cold
water, and drain again.

Combine pasta, sweet red pepper, broccoli and carrot. Stir together
the mayonnaise, snipped basil, Parmesan, milk, pepper and garlic. Add
to pasta mixture; toss. Cover and chill up to 24 hours. Just before
serving, stir in the pine nuts.

From "A Basil Bouquet" article in "Country Gardens" magazine. Fall
1993. Pg. 121. Sent to me by my friend Joyce Shillings of Port
Lavaca, TX. Posted by Cathy Harned.
Submitted By CATHY HARNED On 10-19-94