A treat, you'll want to meet.

Thought I would do something deliciously different. Dads been diagnosed with diabetes recently, so he's joined me and the rest of the girls in the health conscious eating plan and therefore we've of course been making him convert to the whole wheat pasta's, breads, crackers, cereal, low-fat junk food etc etc. This means that we've been eating a lot of salads, which I have to say I am ecstatic about. So today I am showing and giving you the recipe, forwhat I made for my lovely family for dinner, though we did have some steak on the side...but shh. (So, not my style of blog, but Im too proud not to share it = ) )

Summer Spinach and Pasta Salad 

This is what you'll need:

A box of Whole Wheat Pasta (you can do white pasta if you want)

4 ounces of feta cheese

1 handful of mushrooms, diced. 

1 red pepper

Black olives (as much or as little as you like)

1 bag of baby spinach, chopped up (makes it easier to mix in with the rest of the stuff)

3 table spoons of diced almonds

Balsamic Vinegar

Mayonnaise

Olive oil

Salt 

Pepper

1 garlic glove

Boil a pot of water and then pour the pasta in. While the water is boiling, wash your vegetables and begin to chop up the baby spinach leaves. Chop up the mushrooms and throw them in the bowl with the spinach. De-Seed your black olives and throw in the bowl as well, crumble your feta cheese into fine chunks. Strain the pasta upon completion and run under cold water to cool down, since this is a cold pasta salad. Once the pasta is cold, throw it in the bowl with the rest of the ingredients. Next, get a small pan and pour a dash of olive oil, and throw in the almonds, with the stove on medium. You just want to slightly roast your almond slices to give a little ZING to the pasta salad. Once they're roasted, throw them on top of the salad bowl. 

For the dressing, I found that a balsamic glaze works best with the combination of food. So you can use your discretion on how much or how little to use of Balsamic Vinegar since it does have a strong taste. But either way you want to mix olive oil (more olive oil than balsamic), with the balsamic, salt and pepper, 1 teaspoon of mayonnaise (to give it a nice creamy coating ability) and a glove of garlic (or garlic powder). Blend it all together, taste it..and you have your dressing. Throw it in the bowl, mix and enjoy!!