On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:33:15 +1300, Miche > wrote:

>The Weasel (who is now twelve and several inches taller than me) is
>going to a hockey tournament about 4 hours' drive away. She'll be there
>for the weekend -- leaves on Friday, comes back on Tuesday.
>
>She's been asked to take a contribution to a pot luck dinner on Friday,
>preferably something that can be packed into a 2-litre (call it 2-quart)
>plastic container and that will handle a 4 hour trip. I don't know what
>kind of access they have to coolers etc, and I am presuming availability
>of a kitchen at the other end.
>
>So, any suggestions for good, preferably healthy dishes we could
>contribute? We haven't been alerted to any dietary restrictions.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Miche

The pasta salad under my name in the signature dishes page of the RFC
site will easily handle the trip if it starts out cold. For kids I'd
leave out the sopresetta and use more genoa salami. It's a meal on
it's own. You can leave out the olives or whatever you think they
might not like but I've never had a problem with kids not liking it.

Lou



sopresetta pasta salad

dressing:

2 1/4 oz. garlic
1 1/2 cup olive oil
2/3 cup red wine vinegar
2 tsp. dry mustard
1/4 teaspoon ground fennel
1 t. black pepper
1 tb. kosher salt
1/2 t. celery seed
1 t. fennel seed
1 t. dry tyme
1 tb. dried basil

Salad

1 pound cubed mozzarella
1 pound cubed provolone
4 oz. romano
1/2 pound cubed sopresetta
1 pound cubed genoa salami
1/2 pound chopped onion
3/4 lb. chopped green pepper (or a mix or red, green and
yellow.
4 oz sliced carrots. Quartered first if they're large
6 oz black olives drained and sliced
6 oz. green olives drained and sliced
1 cup curley parsley. Culled, chopped rough
2 cups freshly chopped tomatoes

32 oz. rotinni

In mixing bowl, wisk dressing ingredients together. Set aside.

Prepare remaining ingredients and set aside, reserving tomatoes.

Cook pasta for about 7 minutes. (slightly undercooked)
Drain well and transfer to a large mixing bowl. Drizzle dressing all
over pasta
Gently toss to coat. Add remaining ingredients, (except tomatoes)
toss to mix.
Do not overwork or pasta will break. Transfer to appropriate size
serving bowl.
Spread the tomatoes evenly over salad. Cover tightly and refrigerate
overnight.

Service may require additional EVO. Grated parm is also a nice touch.