1/2 pound pasta -ie. rotini, ziti, elbows, cooked to your selected tenderness and cooled.
Note: Use a quality pasta such as wheat, quinoa, artichoke, rice, buckwheat, etc.

4 cups (total) sliced or cut mixed vegetables of your choice.
Note: Use fresh vegetables in season.

Example:
     cuccumbers
     broccoli
     cauliflower
     grape tomatoes
     celery
     radishes
     carrots
     scallions or onions
     peppers, green or red
     black olives

Dressing

1/8 C olive oil
1/8 C red vinegar
1/8 t black pepper
1/2 T pure maple syrup
1/2 t garlic powder
1/2 t minced onion or powder
1/8 t oregano
1/8 t basil

Directions

1. Mix vegetables with pasta.
2. Combine and mix dressing ingredients in jar and shake until well mixed.
3. Pour dressing over pasta and vegetables and mix well.