My pasta Salad:

500gm spiral pasta cooked
1 small handfull basil leaves (I rip them apart, but you could chop finely or use 1 tbsp dried basil)
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 garlic cloves chopped finely
1/2 cup cherry tomatoes sliced in half
1/2 red capsicum chopped finely
100gm meat - salami or ham whatever floats your boat
1/2 cup olive of your choice...

Toss it all together & serve cold. Sometimes I throw some baby spinach in...


Potato Salad
1 kg potatoes, chopped and boiled until soft then run under cold water.
1 clove garlic
125gm bacon chopped (I prefer cooked because it leeches some of the salt out)
1 tbsp dijon mustard
2 tbsp olive oil
6 shallots chopped finely
Toss it all together & serve... I hate mayonaise so thats why I don't use it, and my kids are allergic to milk products so I leave out the cream stuff as well.