This bow tie pasta salad recipe is a family favorite. I don’t know where we got the recipe, but my mom has been making it for years!  It’s perfect for all seasons – not mayonnaise-based, so it does well in summer at picnics, but it’s also great at Christmas because it uses red pimentos and green bell pepper.  I even love that it’s best made the day before and the leftovers and wonderful.  Try it!

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Bow Tie Pasta Salad

Ingredients

• 16 ounces bow tie pasta
• 2-4 ounces jar pimento (you can leave out if that’s not your thing, but it is tasty!)
• 1 green pepper
• 3/4 cup oil
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup cider vinegar
• 2 tablespoons parsley
• 2 tablespoons dry mustard
• 1 1/2 tsp salt & pepper
• 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder

Instructions

• Cook the pasta.
• Mix all the ingredients together and add pasta.
• Chill overnight!

Jayme is a wife to 1 and, so far, a mother to two little boys. She coupons, but isn’t super extreme about it. She price matches and loves it! While she likes to cook, she’s in the stage of life where simple is usually better! She never knows how many hands she’ll have free at dinner time! You can find her at No Regrets Living.