Roasted Tomato Pasta Salad

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Pasta is so versatile. You can do all kinds of things with it from quick and easy meals for dinner to cold pasta salad for lunch. Just recently, I was shopping at Sam’s Club and found that Barilla® had a new 7-count Variety Pack full of different pastas like farfalle, elbows, and rotini. With a pack like that you can have a different pasta dish every day of the week.

My teenager grabbed it and put it in the cart as soon as she saw it. She loves pasta meals.

A few days later I was picking up some fresh produce, and the grape tomatoes loved so lovely. I suddenly had an intense desire to roast some. As soon as I got home, I mixed the grape tomatoes into a homemade balsamic vinaigrette and roasted them for just a few minutes. It is seriously fun to watch them pop their skins as they roast in the oven.

While all that was happening, I made some rotini pasta. It takes just 7 minutes to cook, so I popped it in the fridge to cool while the tomatoes were finishing. I had the perfect plan for a Roasted Tomato Pasta Salad. I pulled out some fresh mozzarella pearls and baby spinach from the fridge. Oh this was gonna be good!

I love balsamic vinaigrette, so I whipped up a small batch and poured it over the tomatoes before roasting. While they are roasting, the balsamic vinaigrette boils and thickens up a bit.

When the tomatoes were done roasting.  I set them on the counter to cool for about 30-45 minutes.  I used the back of a fork to gently smash them before adding them into the salad.

I poured off the balsamic vinaigrette from the roasted tomatoes and poured it over the salad before mixing it up.

I like to serve this at room temperature once the pasta and tomatoes have cooled.  It’s just so satisfying with a sweet and tangy flavor.  This is probably my favorite pasta salad.

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Roasted Tomato Pasta Salad

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Ingredients

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• 2 pints grape or cherry tomatoes
• 1 package of Barilla® rotini pasta
• 1 cup of fresh mozzarella pearls
• 2 cups fresh baby spinach
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic

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Instructions

Roasted Grape Tomatoes

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. Wash tomatoes and lay out in 1 layer in a 13 x 9 pan.
3. Mix together brown sugar, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, and minced garlic.
4. Pour over the tomatoes and gently mix together.
5. Bake for 10-12 minutes until tomatoes all look mostly wrinkled.
6. Remove from oven and let cool for 30-45 minutes.

Pasta Salad

1. Prepare pasta according to instructions, drain with cool water. Refrigerate until ready to prepare salad.
2. Wash and drain mozzarella pearls.
3. Combine pasta salad, cooled roasted tomatoes, mozzarella pearls, and baby spinach.
4. Drizzle the balsamic vinaigrette from the bottom of the tomato pan all over the salad.
5. Mix together gently and serve immediately at room temperature.

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