i make a yum pasta salad which uses those latina packets of tri coloured meat filled tortellini.

I boil the pasta for about 8 mins.

add some chopped fried bacon, a small can of corn kernels, some cherry tomatoes cut in half, a small pack of toasted pine nuts, some spring onions and i just add a ready made dressing to it. there is a nice paul newman's one which is an avacado dressing, but you can just use a normal pasta salad dressing too.