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Linda's Delicious Tortellini Salad

Created by LindasBusyKitchen on August 2, 2012

18 ounces tortellini pasta (cheese tortellini, cooked)
1 large broccoli head (chopped into mini florets)
4 ounces yellow onions (1/2 medium onion, finely chopped)
1 large tomato (seeded and diced)
1 cucumber (peeled and chopped, I like using pickling or European cucumbers, use 1/4 pound cucumber (1/2 cucumber, if using European)

1 can (2.25 ounce) black olives, sliced
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, shredded (or you can use Feta cheese, crumbled)
1/2 cup salad dressing (creamy Caesar salad dressing, or your favorite salad dressing, to taste)
Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

Step 1: Chop brocolli into small florets.
Step 2: Chop onion finely. Seed and chop tomato, and peel and chop cucumber. Open and drain the can of black olives well. Add all to a serving size bowl, and set aside.
Step 3: Cook tortellini according to the directions on the package. When done, rinse with cold water to cool them down. Drain well. Add cooled tortellini in with the vegetables. Mix well.
Step 4: Top with Parmesan or Feta cheese, and gently mix.
Step 5: Add Caesar dressing, to taste. Mix with all the ingredients in the bowl.
Step 6: Season with salt and pepper, cover bowl, then refrigerate for at least 2 hours to meld flavors.
Step 7: When you are ready to serve the salad, you may want to add in a little more salad dressing as the dressing soaks into the pasta while sitting in the fridge.