Smoked Salmon Pasta Salad

Dec 29, 2010 English 1st Paragraph

One of the challenges of the holidays is keeping everyone fed when the family comes to town. We’re always looking for dishes that can feed lots of people well, without a lot of hassle, and that are relatively easy to store. Better yet if it can use up holiday feasting leftovers. Here is a simple smoked salmon pasta salad that used up the last of some smoked salmon we had for a gathering…

INGREDIENTS

• 1 pound of dry penne rigati, gemelli, fusilli, or other short-cut pasta, or a combination
• Salt for the pasta water
• Olive oil
• 1 to 2 Tbsp mayonnaise
• 4 ounce smoked salmon, shredded…

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• salmon: is  a silvery fish which lives in the sea and swims up rivers to produce its eggs. It has a pink flesh. Salmon is pronounced . The “L” is silent. It is not pronounced.
• A challenge is something difficult that you need to think hard or work hard to be able to do.
• without a lot of hassle: easily, without a lot of difficulty
• feasting leftovers: the food that remains after you and your guests have eaten
• A pound is a unit for measuring weight which is a little less than half a kilo.
• Tbsp is an abbreviation for “tablespoonful”.
• An ounce (= oz) is a unit of weight equal to about 30 grams.
• shredded: cut or torn into thin strips (= long narrow pieces)