Shrimp Pasta Salad - Great Cook book

I've never been a fan of pasta salads because they are usually so bland, but yesterday motha made this and it was scrum-diddly-umptious!

Shrimp Pasta Salad with Lemon Garlic Dressing

1- 14 oz Cara Mia Artichoke hearts

1- 16 oz box bowtie noodles (cooked rinsed drained)

3- stalks of destringed, thinly sliced celery

1- Can sliced olives

1 pkg halved grape tomatoes

1 1.5 lb cooked salad shrimp

1 1 lb pkg imitation crab (cut small)

1 TBS finely chopped parsley

Prepare above listed items to bite sized pieces, and toss together in a bowl. Then add the below dressing, and toss lightly again.

Lemon Garlic Dressing

½ cup Walnut oil or Olive oil

1 TBS (heaping) of finely chopped basil or fresh paste

1 tsp of crushed/fine garlic

4 TBS white wine vinegar

1 TBS Balsamic vinegar

2 TBS artichoke heart marinade

Juice and Zest of lg lemon or two small

Fresh cracked salt and pepper to taste

Mix above ingredients together, the longer they sit mixed, the more flavorful! Pour over above salad.

Enjoy!

New Book!

I got this book from the library and you can bet i'll be gettin one as soon as i have to give it back. It's awesome, everything in it sounds so good, and she's my kind of baker- she uses real butter, lots of cream and all the good stuff.. no fakey substitutes. And my next experiment? Croissants!