Caprese Pasta Salad

Since I posted the recipe the other day of the Caesar Pasta Salad I thought I'd share another one of my family favorites. I created this a few years back and it's one of our favorites to take for picnics in the park. It's simple and makes great leftovers as well. For the freshest leftovers leave the cherry tomatoes whole as if their cut they don't stay as crisp. If you plan to not have leftovers it's nice to have the tomatoes sliced in half.





Caprese Pasta Salad
1 lb penne, cooked
1 lb chicken, cooked and chopped
3 cups cherry tomatoes (whole or chopped)
1 cup fresh basil chopped
1 cup chopped fresh mozzarella (in water, you can also use the little bocconcini, sliced in half)
1 bottle your favorite Italian Dressing
Mix all together.
Refrigerate
Enjoy

Watermelon Cucumber Cocktail

I use this blog to not only share my favorite recipes, but also as my own "recipe book." I'm able to find recipes my family loved and make them again, it's also a great way for me to menu plan. In this case, I'm posting this recipe not only because I had numerous requests but also next year at this time when my favorite juice comes out I'll know exactly where to find the recipe for probably my all time favorite cocktail. Tell me this doesn't look amazing....because it is! And for this recipe I have to give my husband credit for the creation of this, I told him what I wanted and he executed it perfectly. We make the best team!

Watermelon Cucumber Cocktail
4.5 oz Watermelon Cucumber juice (from Trader Joes)
1 oz Triple Sec
2 oz Vodka
squeeze of fresh lime
shake in cocktail shaker
Enjoy!
Repeat!