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A light and refreshing summer salad you will really enjoy at any picnic or get together with family and friends.

Lemon Strawberry Basil Pasta Salad

*1/4 cup Extra Light Olive Oil and 1 tablespoon Canola Oil

*Zest of 1 Lemon

*1/4 cup Lemon Juice

*1 tablespoon Balsamic Vinegar

*1 tablespoon Granulated Sugar

*1/2 teaspoon Sea Salt

*1/4 teaspoon Freshly Ground Pepper

*1 pound Faralle (Bow Tie Pasta), cooked and drained according to directions

*1/4 cup Fresh Basil, chopped

*2 cups Strawberries, sliced

*Poppy Seeds, optional

*Purple Grapes, halved, optional

In a mason jar add: Oils, lemon juice, balsamic vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper and shake until dissolved.

In a large glass bowl of your choice add the cooked drained pasta and toss in the; Lemon zest, basil, strawberries and optional ingredients if desired. Drizzle on as much dressing as desired.

Note: Strawberries will turn the pasta pink, so add just before serving or top pasta salad with strawberries right before serving.

Enjoy! Serves 8-10 people

Recipe adapted from She Wears many Hats

Also see Lemon Chili Chicken

Enjoy!

Lindy

This is the best orange cream slush I’ve ever eaten. Give it a try you will be glad you did!

Orange Creamsicle Slushie

*3 cups Simply Orange Juice

*Zest and Juice from 1 Orange

*1/2 cup Orange Cream Syrup, Victoria a snow cone syrup

*1 cup Simple Syrup (in a glass bowl add 1 cup boiling water to 1 cup sugar, letting sugar dissolve before adding to orange juice and orange cream syrup)

** Vanilla Gelato or Vanilla Ice-cream, optional

In a 4 cup glass measuring cup make the simple syrup and then add the remaining ingredients.
Then using a silicone bread pan, pour the liquid slush into bread pan (can use regular bread pan), cover with plastic wrap and freeze for 2 hours and then scrap with fork and then again scrap again when all the slush is frozen.

Serve over gelato or ice-cream or plain as an orange creamsicle slushie. Verrry Yummy!!!

We will be making more flavors of slushes so, be sure to check back!