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<span style="color: #339999">Cindy's Warm Pasta Salad
What you’ll need:
(this is all according to taste of course ~ just make sure you have lots of ingredients!)

Sun dried tomatoes
Olives (black or green)
Two bunches scallions
Mushrooms (canned or fresh)
Asparagus
A couple garlic cloves
Extra Virgin (or light tasting) olive oil. About ¼ cup for pan & finishing.
Garlic powder, salt & pepper to taste
1 Tbsp. Fresh grated Parmesan or other hard Italian cheese.

1 pound pasta (I like angel hair or bowtie)</span>

<span style="color: #6633FF">Cook 1 lb pasta according to directions. (I use the kind in the yellow box or the purple box – half whole grain type).
Cook asparagus & set aside.

You may have to soften the tomatoes … just soak them in warm water for 10 minutes or so before frying them.

Simmer in large frying pan cut up scallions, mushrooms, garlic cloves & anything else you have until onions & garlic are soft.

Toss the Sun dried tomatoes & asparagus into the frying pan for several minutes – then transfer whole concoction to pasta.

Add Olive Oil, garlic powder salt & pepper to taste.
Top with grated cheese while warm.</span>