Fresh Vegetable Salad

Ingredients

• 2  carrots cut into bite-size pieces
• 0.5 cup celery diced
• 1  cucumber diced peeled
• 1.5 teaspoons cilantro leaves fresh chopped
• 2 tablespoons parsley fresh chopped to taste
• 3 cloves garlic chopped
• 2  green onions chopped
• 1 teaspoon honey 
• 0.3 cup olive oil extra-virgin
• 1 pinch cracked pepper fresh black to taste
• 0.3 cup red wine vinegar 
• 0.5  onion sweet chopped vidalia® such as
• 2  tomatoes chopped
• 6 cups water 

Equipment

• bowl
• sauce pan
• whisk
• mixing bowl

Directions

1. Bring water to a boil in a large saucepan. Cook the rotini in boiling water until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes; drain. Rinse with cold water until cooled completely; drain.
2. Transfer pasta to a large mixing bowl.
3. Whisk olive oil, vinegar, and honey together in a bowl; drizzle over pasta and toss to coat. Fold tomatoes, sweet onion, cucumber, carrots, celery, garlic, green onions, parsley, and cilantro individually into the pasta mixture to assure even distribution. Season with black pepper.