Antipasto Salad

I’ve been looking for a good appetizer to serve with a meal and tried many different ones. When I was going through some cooking blogs, I came across a recipe for something called an antipasto salad. It was based on a recipe from the Food Network web site. I checked out the web site and decided to try it out. What I liked about it was how simple it was to make. Best of all, the recipe called for fusilli pasta which my local market sells freshly made that day. I cooked the pasta that and let it cool while I made red wine vinaigrette. I followed the recipe to the letter and took a taste test of the vinaigrette to see if I needed to add anything to it. Well, it tasted great the first time, and I didn’t need to add anything else. After the fusilli was cool, I added the cheese and meat (I forgot turkey meat, but it did not matter). I set everything aside and worked on dinner. When it came time to eat, I just put the pasta and meat into a bowl and drizzled the vinaigrette over it. My wife loved it. My son, not a vinaigrette fan, ate it dry. If anyone is looking for a good appetizer, I highly recommend this. Here’s a link to the recipe.

Bon Appétit

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/antipasto-salad-recipe/index.html