Happy fourth of July! Oh wait, that was a couple of weeks ago. No matter. I still made an awesome pasta salad that I will finally share. Where have I been, you ask? One family vacation, a business trip, two moderate plague-like illnesses, and taking my SPHR exam. All of a sudden, it’s two months later. Geez.
Anyway, there is an Italian restaurant around the corner from my house that serves an amazing cold pasta salad with a tomato based dressing. I decided to try and replicate it at home using french dressing. As a side note, I used the basil puree you find in tubes in the produce section of the grocery store. You can substitute this with fresh basil, but don’t used dried. The texture and flavor is important to offset the sweetness of the french dressing. Enjoy!