I'm not a big fan of creamy salad dressings on pasta (a throw back to when I first moved out of home and there was a jar of mayo, pasta and egg involved and now I have to count to 10 when I think about it or I'll hurl) anyway I digress.

I now put vinagrettes on my pasta salad - I am always searching for new vinegars I haven't used before - my mum put some raspberry vinegar in my christmas stocking this year and that has been a hit (although not if there is tomato in the salad - big faux pas - wont do that again......)

I normally just mix 1 part vinegar - 1 part oil - 1 part lemon juice and then if the vinegar isn't flavoured, say it's just red wine or white wine vinegar then I add herbs like tarragon or sage with sea salt and cracked black pepper. It needs to sit for a couple of hours (or days) before use

I made a nice pasta, pea and fetta salad the other day with a mint vinagrette on it - very nice!