summer pasta salad!

i just posted about some of my farmers market purchases, and i was not kidding when i said how delicious the produce was! my whole car smelled like a caprese salad before i even got home thanks to fresh basil and tomatoes :)

i knew i had to use most of this immediately. sadly it wasn't because i thought it would go bad, it was because i couldn't handle another minute without it....

so i made a delish, fresh pasta salad!

ingredients for the salad:

• handful or two of cooked whole wheat pasta - i used penne
• handful of grape tomatoes (yellow or red), chopped into two or four pieces
• two or three radishes, thinly sliced
• palmful of frozen (or fresh!) sweet white corn kernels
• a small plum tomato, diced
• handful of basil, chiffonade

ingredients for dressing:

• juice of one lemon
• teeny bit of lemon zest - gah, im so good at measuring...
• pinch of cayenne - or in my case, a lot more than a pinch
• pinch of sugar, salt and fresh ground pepper
• tablespoon or two of evoo

preparation:
whisk together dressing ingredients and toss all salad ingredients in with the dressing! 

enjoy! i know you will! it's the most refreshing salad ive had in a while! i'm going to try it with more veggies and no pasta next time! mmmmm!