Creamy Italian Grinder Salad
Ingredients
Pasta
- 16 oz penne pasta
Grinder Salad Ingredients
- 1/4 head iceberg lettuce shredded
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes, cut in halves
- 1/4 medium red onion, diced
- 4 oz deli ham, cut into strips
- 4 oz pepperonis, cut into strips
- 4 oz hard salami, cut into strips
- 4 oz provolone cheese, shredded, cubed or strips
- 1/2 cup jarred mild banana pepper rings, chopped
Grinder Dressing
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 3 TBS red wine vinegar
- 1 TBS minced garlic
- 2 tsp white granulated sugar
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated
Instructions
- Cook pasta per directions on package until tender. Drain and rinse pasta with cold water until cool.
- In a very large bowl, mix together the cooked, cooled & drained pasta with the Grinder Salad Ingredients listed above.
- In a separate medium bowl, whisk together Grinder Dressing Ingredients listed above.
- Pour dressing over salad ingredients and mix to combine well until all salad ingredients are coated with the dressing evenly.
Bacon Wrapped Asparagus (Side or Appetizer)
Bacon Wrapped Asparagus
Ingredients
- bacon slices
- fresh asparagus
- brown sugar
- cracked black pepper
Instructions
Prepare Asparagus (Have in mind how many you want, these will determine how many to prepare.)
- Hold both ends of each fresh asparagus and bend to the point where it snaps. Throw away the hard tough bottom end of the asparagus. Keep the tip & middle portion of the asparagus. Rinse asparagus under water.
- Place asparagus in a large pot of salted water and cook (blanch) for 2 minutes. Remove asparagus to a colander and run cold water over the asparagus to stop the cooking process and to cool down the asparagus. Pat dry with paper towels.
Preparing the bacon wrapped asparagus.
- Lay out a piece of uncooked bacon on your work surface. Place the big end of a prepared asparagus on one end of bacon. Roll the bacon around the asparagus all the way to the tip.NOTE: if you have thin asparagus you can wrap more than one with the bacon.
- Place the wrapped asparagus onto a sheet pan that has a lip edging around the pan to keep the bacon grease from rolling off of pan. Prepare the rest of your bacon wrapped asparagus.
- Sprinkle brown sugar on the tops of the bacon wrapped asparagus. Crack black pepper on top of the brown sugar.
- Place in pan in preheated 400 degree oven for 20-30 minutes. It will depend on how crisp you want your bacon. Keep an eye on it.
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