4 pasta salad herbed cherry tomatoes 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)

olive oil, red wine vinegar, garlic clove, minced, fresh chives, chopped to yield 1/4 cup, bocconcini mozzarella cheese, at room temperature, halved to yield 2 cups, pine nuts, toasted (1/3 cup), capers, drained and chopped, fresh italian parsley, minced to yield 1/4 cup, fresh basil leaf, chopped to yield 1/2 cup, fresh cherry tomatoes, halved to yield 2 cups, farfalle pasta , fusilli

kosher salt, farfalle pasta (or orzo), peas (blanched if fresh ), chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped fresh chives, chopped fresh oregano, chopped fresh mint, garlic cloves, minced, fresh lemon juice, halved cherry tomatoes, extra-virgin olive oil