7 pasta pearls and olive salad Recipes

acini di pepe pasta, unsalted butter, olive oil, garlic, minced, crushed red pepper flakes, pitted kalamata olives, quartered, salt and ground black pepper to taste

uncooked acini di pepe pasta, frozen corn, oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, drained and chopped, prepared pesto, grated parmesan cheese, olive oil, salt, pepper

vegetable oil, ground cumin, curry powder, cooking sherry or 2 tbsp rice wine, pasta, vegetable oil, boneless chicken breasts, mayonnaise, plain yogurt, head garlic , roasted and minced (sugarpea s roasted garlic paste highly recommended), white pearl onions, peeled, quartered and sections mostly separated (you can also use frozen pearl onions), olive oil, dijon mustard, salt, dill, dried and crushed, marjoram, dried and crushed, savory, leaves dried and crushed (optional), green beans (optional) or 2/3 cup peas, cooked (optional), ground black pepper, salt , to taste, chopped parsley, to garnish

bow-tie pasta boiled al dente (or mini cavatelli, or fusilli- something that s small and has grooves), onion- diced in a similar size to the pasta, green bell pepper- diced same size as the onions, roma tomato- diced same size as onions/peppers, garlic- crushed and minced, olive oil, coarse black pepper, salt, red crushed pepper (or put to taste), fresh mozzarella pearls (or just cubed into small pieces), parmagiana cheese- for garnish, pam olive oil flavored cooking spray (or regular pam), homemade sun-dried tomato basil vinaigrette (recipe below ), homemade sun-dried tomato basil vinaigrette, sun-dried tomatoes- from a jar packed in oil, capers, garlic- crushed, dried basil leaves (or 1/2 cup fresh basil would be amazing!), red win vinegar, olive oil, salt, coarse black pepper, red crushed pepper - to taste

water, uncooked pearl barley, fresh lemon juice, olive oil, salt, chopped seeded tomato, sliced spinach, chopped green bell pepper, chopped seeded peeled cucumber, diced part-skim mozzarella cheese, chopped pepperoncini peppers, dry oregano