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Italian Tomato Cucumber Pasta Salad PLUS The Perfect Party Invite

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I  love summer entertaining whether it be a simple backyard BBQ, a really fun clambake or hosting a milestone celebration. Today I’m sharing with you my really simple, tasty and colorful Italian Tomato Cucumber Pasta Salad PLUS The Perfect Party Invite!

{ad} I love summer entertaining whether it be a simple backyard BBQ, a really fun clambake or hosting a milestone celebration. Today I'm sharing with you my really simple, tasty and colorful Italian Tomato Cucumber Pasta Salad PLUS The Perfect Party Invite! #basicinvite

I  am totally guilty myself of sometimes falling into the habit of making the same side dishes over and over again. In an effort to shake things up I love to play with different pasta salad recipes like this Italian Tomato Cucumber Pasta Salad.  We live in NJ so the Jersey tomato is something I look forward to every summer and thats where the idea for this pasta salad came from. I  make a really simple Italian Tomato Cucumber salad very frequently enjoying the local produce so I figured why not toss with some pasta for a fantastic pasta salad! 

{ad} I love summer entertaining whether it be a simple backyard BBQ, a really fun clambake or hosting a milestone celebration. Today I'm sharing with you my really simple, tasty and colorful Italian Tomato Cucumber Pasta Salad PLUS The Perfect Party Invite! #basicinvite

I  was recently given the opportunity to order sample invites- including that awesome BBQ invitation from Basic Invite, which I’d actually never heard of before. WOW am I glad I know about them now! They have absolutely gorgeous invitations for any occasion. Graduation parties, BBQs, Weddings, birthdays and so much more!

Right now Basic Invite is offering 15% off with coupon code: 15FF51 

{ad} I love summer entertaining whether it be a simple backyard BBQ, a really fun clambake or hosting a milestone celebration. Today I'm sharing with you my really simple, tasty and colorful Italian Tomato Cucumber Pasta Salad PLUS The Perfect Party Invite! #basicinvite

I learned about Basic Invite just as I was figuring out where to buy baby shower invitations for my sister in law-  can I    tell you, they seriously have the cutest elephant themed baby shower invitations! I absolutely love that I  can design and order sample invites before committing. There are also 180 different color choices! Once you choose a design you can actually change the color of any element on there. Another feature that I     thought was fantastic  is their selection of foil cards- they are so elegant!

{ad} I love summer entertaining whether it be a simple backyard BBQ, a really fun clambake or hosting a milestone celebration. Today I'm sharing with you my really simple, tasty and colorful Italian Tomato Cucumber Pasta Salad PLUS The Perfect Party Invite! #basicinvitephoto courtesy of Basic Invite

Ok so about this Italian Tomato Cucumber Pasta Salad- it really is the perfect side dish for whatever you are celebrating this summer! Its easy to throw together, the colors are great and its delicious. What more else could you ask for? Besides, I sure love any dish that uses fun pasta shapes like farfalle. I cook the pasta to al dente, drain and cool. In the meantime I  simply dice up some tomatoes, cucumbers and red onion. Toss everything together with your favorite Italian salad dressing, some fresh chopped parsley, salt and pepper. Its that simple! We LOVED it and I  know that everyone is going to love it at our next BBQ.

{ad} I love summer entertaining whether it be a simple backyard BBQ, a really fun clambake or hosting a milestone celebration. Today I'm sharing with you my really simple, tasty and colorful Italian Tomato Cucumber Pasta Salad PLUS The Perfect Party Invite! #basicinvite

Italian Tomato Cucumber Pasta Salad PLUS The Perfect Party Invite
Author: Angela LeMoine
Ingredients
  • 1 lb farfalle pasta, cooked to al dente, drained and cooled
  • 1 large English cucumber, cut into half circles
  • 3 tomatoes, medium dice
  • 1/2 a small red onion, small diced
  • a palm full of fresh chopped parsley
  • approx. 1/3 cup Italian salad dressing
  • salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Cook the pasta to al dente, drain and allow to cool completely.
  2. Toss the cooled pasta in a bowl with the cucumber, tomato, red onion, parsley, dress, salt and pepper. I like to make this the night before serving allowing all the flavors to mesh.
  3. Serve cold.

{ad} I love summer entertaining whether it be a simple backyard BBQ, a really fun clambake or hosting a milestone celebration. Today I'm sharing with you my really simple, tasty and colorful Italian Tomato Cucumber Pasta Salad PLUS The Perfect Party Invite! #basicinvite

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  1. This salad looks perfect! Totally something the whole family (and all guests) would gobble up. And I love how easy it is to throw together.

    Those invites are really cute too. Never heard of that brand before, but I’m always looking for new designs so I’ll have to check them out!

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  2. Those invites are so cute! You are very fancy sending out invites to your parties! Very nice! That pasta salad looks scrumptious, too!

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  4. This Italian Pasta salad sounds great for a BBQ or Potluck, I love the flavors and textures you have together in one delicious bowl. You could be nice and send some my way here in Florida, I’m kind of HANGRY right now…lol

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  8. Those invites are adorable! I definitely need to use them for our Moving Party coming up in about 4 weeks! The salad sounds so good too… Thanks for sharing

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  9. I have a work potluck next week and this pasta salad will be perfect! Love the veggies and the simple Italian dressing. For awhile I was getting a lot of email invites, but I love personalized invitations like Basic Invite. Set the mood for the event.

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  11. You have to know that I couldn’t follow the link to this salad fast enough!! It is everything I crave in a pasta salad and more. We made it yesterday and are HOOKED!! Super cute invites, too!!

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  12. Those invites are AMAZING, but I didn’t catch your address? 😉 Ha!! Kidding!! Just hand me a fork and that salad bowl, because I’m looking forward to diving into this yummy pasta salad!

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  17. Just wanted to pop back in and say I ordered some of those invites for our moving party! They were on time, cute and I was very pleased with them!

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