3 kitchen mozzarella pasta salad Recipes

pasta (curly or tube ), smoked mozzarella cheese, artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes with italian herbs, in oil (reserve the oil for sauce), grape tomatoes or 12 oz cherry tomatoes, halved, fresh spinach, diced up, chipotle garnishing sauce (use some of the sauce too) or 2 chipotle chiles in adobo, to taste (use some of the sauce too), coarse salt , to taste, fresh ground pepper , to taste, mayonnaise , to taste (optional)

kosher salt, mezzi rigatoni or other short tube-shaped pasta, bell peppers (red and/or yellow), halved, stemmed and seeded, garlic, unpeeled, almonds, extra-virgin olive oil, lemon, bocconcini (small mozzarella balls), fresh basil , leaves torn, freshly ground pepper