Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, creamy pasta salad. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook creamy pasta salad using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Creamy Pasta Salad:

1. Make ready 8 ounces/225 grams of pasta
2. Prepare 4 ounces/110 grams of goat cheese
3. Prepare 2 tbsp olive oil
4. Take 2 tbsp lemon juice
5. Prepare 5 ounces/140 grams of arugula
6. Make ready 1 pint (~8) cherry tomatoes
7. Prepare 1/3 cup black olives
8. Get salt, pepper

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Steps to make Creamy Pasta Salad:

1. Cook the pasta according to package instructions. Before draining, reserve about 1 cup of the pasta cooking water. Drain the pasta and pour it into a large serving bowl.
2. Crumble the goat cheese and sprinkle it over the pasta. Drizzle in the olive oil and lemon juice. Add a pinch of salt and a bit of pepper to taste. Pour about 1/3 cup of the reserved pasta cooking water over the pasta and toss.
3. Add the arugula, cherry tomatoes (sliced into thin rounds), olives (also thinly sliced) and toss to combine. If the pasta seems dry, add a bit more cooking water to make it more creamy.
4. Taste and adjust if necessary. The salad tastes best consumed soon after making.

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