Italian Balsamic Pasta Salad

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My friend over at Barefeet in the Kitchen gave me a fabulous gift of a beautiful basket of tomatoes from her garden.  I was so excited to eat them, that I went searching her blog for this fabulous Balsamic Tomato Salad with Trottole and Mozarella that she had posted a few weeks ago.  I was very excited to try it!!!

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So, I put a little Italian spin on this fantastic recipe.  The salad and the tomatoes are delicious!!!  The flavor of the garlic on the tomatoes, the tang of the balsamic and the nuttiness of the Parmesan cheese is a perfect combination.  I also added salami to the final version and it is AMAZING!!!  The salami gave it a feeling of a full meal adding a true meatiness to the dish.

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Of course Mr. W turned his nose up at this dish, it does after all have a vegetable in it that has not been processed (although I think I am slowly wearing him down with my kryptonite) we will see first roasted red peppers, next could be ricotta cheese....  Em on the other hand loved the tomatoes, I couldn't get her to eat anything else.  Or should I say Em was so excited about the tomatoes, she pushed everything else aside.

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