When It's Just TOO HOT

Antipasto Pasta Salad

 

Back when the temps were stuck in the upper 90's, I just...didn't wanna when it came to making dinners.

I looked for things that were as hands-off as I could manage.  Could I do the actual cooking late the night before? How minimal was the usage of heat?

Save me from the inferno.

Matt & I are always happy with salad. Big, veg-full salads.  Salads topped with components of other dishes.  GREENS ME!

Alex, however...is a typical 21 year old. The culinary contortion I have to perform to get him to eat something based on lettuce...

But he will eat pasta salads.  And now that Earth Fare has plant-based deli meats, this Antipasto Pasta Salad meant we could get by just boiling a pot of water!

I used peppadews (forever grateful to Jeanne for introducing me to them all those years ago) for the perpperoncini (because no one here likes them); it was easy, it was flavorful, and it kept me away from the stove.