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1.4 KiB
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41 lines
No EOL
1.4 KiB
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title: Luther Salad
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description: Simple italian pasta salad
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date: 2025-05-05
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---
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## Ingredients
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- 1 lb tri-color rotini
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- italian dressing
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- extras
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- cubed low-moisture mozzarella
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- frozen peas
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- shredded chicken
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## Instructions
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1. Cook rotini in well salted water according to box directions. While rotini cooks, prepare your extras.
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2. Drain pasta and rinse twice in cold water to remove starch and stop carryover cooking.
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3. In a large bowl combine rotini and extras. Add italian dressing, at least 8 oz. Mix and serve or refrigerate.
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## Notes
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At first we called this "worm salad" but this proved off-putting, and we needed a new name. We had recently learned about the [1521 Diet of Worms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_of_Worms) where Martin Luther was summoned to defend or recant his beliefs, so we called it "Luther salad" instead.
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The base salad already covers elements of [salt, fat, acid, and heat](https://www.saltfatacidheat.com/), so your extras are mostly for texture, leaving lots of room for variations:
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### Vegan / healthy:
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- halved cherry tomatoes
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- slivered sweet peppers
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- paysanne cucumber
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### Italian:
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- halved cherry tomatoes
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- sliced black olives, drained
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- cubed cheese
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- chopped pepperoni
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## Nutrition Information
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This is less a recipe and more a category of foods. It has a pound of pasta, a good amount of oil, and some protein. So, kinda high on carbs but not the worst thing. No label for this one. |