Pasta is a delicious and budget-friendly base for salads. They can be cooked with and without mayonnaise, add tuna, crab sticks, sausage, cheese, meat and various spices.

Foodblogger IrinaDimitrova (iriska_dimitrova) on her Instagram page shared a recipe for a summer salad with pasta, ham and vegetables, which is perfect for a snack.

Ingredients:

• pasta - 200 g
• mushrooms - 300 g
• ham - 250 g
• sweet pepper - 0.5 pcs
• tomatoes - 300 g
• parsley

Dressing:

• olive oil - 3 tbsp.
• salt - 0.5 tsp.
• dried basil - 1 tsp.
• garlic - 1-2 cloves

Method of preparation:

1. Cut the mushrooms into thin slices and fry in oil until golden. Add salt and black pepper and stir.

2. Simultaneously boil the pasta in salted water until tender.

3. Chop the ham and peppers into slices. Dice the tomatoes. Chop the parsley.

4. In a bowl, mix the fried mushrooms, ham, peppers, tomatoes and parsley.

5. For the dressing, mix the olive oil, salt, dried basil and garlic. Dress the salad with it. Bon appetit!

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