22 grilled penne salad Recipes

mezze (short ) penne pasta, fresh asparagus, trimmed and cut into thirds, olive oil, butter, lemon juice, or more to taste, shallot, minced, garlic, minced, grilled chicken breast, sliced thinly and halved (optional), roma (plum ) tomato, diced, leaves fresh basil , torn

vine-ripened tomatoes chopped, red onion, chopped fine, garlic cloves, minced and mashed to a paste with 1 tsp salt, red-wine vinegar, olive oil (preferabley extra-virgin) plus additional for brushing zucchini, zucchini, cut diagonally into 1/3-inch-thick slices, whole-wheat penne or other tubular pasta, kalamata or other brine-cured black olives, chopped coarse, ricotta salata or feta cheese, diced, whole small or torn large fresh basil leaves