Caesar Pasta Salad

I wanted to make a salad I hadn't before for a family reunion. I do like caesar salad and some pasta salads so I did a little combining. I found this recipe from chefdehome.com and kinda did my own version of it but you can find the original recipe here. I really liked it and others liked it as well so it's going on the blog so I can make it again. It's pretty easy to do and you can throw in whatever veggies you like to add as well. Hope you enjoy!

picture from chefdehome as well. 

Ingredients

1 lb pasta (I used farfalle but colorful rotini would be fun)

2 heads of romaine hearts, chopped

1-1/2 cups cherry tomatoes halved

1 cucumber, chopped into quarters or halves depending on size. (to your liking)

3-4 green onion (I only chopped the green part)

1-2 cups croutons

shredded parmesan cheese - to your liking. 

To make this easy I just used the caesar dressing from Costco which turned out pretty yummy. 

If you want to make your own here is the recipe given: 

Dressing:

1tbsp capers (roughing chopped)

1 tsp soy sauce

1/2 cup mayo

1/3 cup greek plain yogurt

3 tbsp dijon mustard

2 tbsp lemon juice

1 tsp minced garlic

1/2 tsp fresh cracked black pepper

1/3 cup parmesan cheese

Directions: 

1. Cook pasta to al dente, drain, add about a tbsp of olive oil toss and let cool completely. 

2. Make dressing if using it and store until ready to use. 

3. Chop lettuce and veggies and toss together. 

4. Add cooled pasta and dressing and toss to coat. 

5 Add croutons and shredded parmesan toss again carefully to coat. 

*when I made mine I did not measure anything so these measurements are from the original recipe. I don't know how much it will make. My salad made a big steel bowl full. You can adjust ingredients to liking. It's a great salad to have on its own for lunch, you could even put some slices of cooked chicken in.