Party Pasta Salad With Lemon-Mayo Dressing

Total time: 20 minutes

When thinking about dishes for my recent birthday party, I was of course also considering some pasta salads. While I have a couple of favorite staples, I also wanted something new and came up with this delicious addition. 

Since this is a party salad, start partying already and don't measure everything down to the ounce. It will turn out lovely if you just follow these basic steps.

What You Need
1 helping for ~ 8 to 10 people

• 1 box of elbow pasta (16oz)
• 1 package (8oz) baby bella mushrooms, cut in quarters or smaller
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp dried rosemary
• 1/4 tbsp salt
• 2 lemons, juice
• 1/2 a jar or ~ 8oz mayonnaise
• 1 red bell pepper, cut into little cubes
• 1 can artichoke hearts (13.75oz), broken into smaller pieces
• 1/2 tbsp salt
• 1 tbsp pepper from the pepper mill

How It's Done

• Cook the pasta per instruction. Let cool.
• Whip up the dressing in a big bowl by combining the mayonnaise, the lemon juice, salt and pepper.
• In a sauce pan, heat the olive oil, add the quartered mushrooms, add the salt and saute for 3 minutes. Let cool.
• Add the pasta to the bowl with the dressing.
• Fold in the artichoke and the bell pepper.
• Add the mushrooms and carefully mix everything.
• Taste and add salt or pepper or more lemon juice if needed.

Guten Appetit
-- Elke♥