Spring Veggie Pasta Delight

I just love recipes with the word 'delight' in the title - it's so delightful...hardee har har.  This past weekend spring finally sprung - warm sunshine...sweet spring smells in the air...semi-annual man-rite of spring on the agenda.  Yes, it's new grill shopping season.  Hubs has been eyeing up the grills for the past month - comparing and contrasting models and features.  And finally, this weekend the time had come.  A new, shining, stainless steel behemoth sits proudly on the deck.  To christen the new grill we fired 'er up for hot dogs and bratwursts.  Yep, we're classy ;)  Since man woman cannot live on processed meat alone, I cooked up this tasty veggie pasta as a side dish. 

Simple Spring Veggie Pasta

1 pound rotini pasta
1 red bell pepper, diced
1/2 red onion, finely diced
1 roma tomato, diced
1 bottle of your favorite Italian dressin
1 cup grated parmesan cheese

1 - Boil your pasta according to the directions - in the final 2 minutes of boiling, add the red bell pepper to the pot (in addition to mellowing the pepper a bit, throwing it in with the pasta will delicately flavor the pasta too)
2 - Drain pasta & peppers
3 - Add drained pasta, peppers & onion to serving bowl
4 - Add 1/2 bottle Italian dressing and 1/2 cup of grated cheese
5 - Stir well to combine (the cheese will melt deliciously into the hot pasta)
6 - Add the tomatoes and another 1/4 cup or so of Italian dressing and give it another stir
7 - Serve warm (my favorite) or chill in refrigerator until ready to serve (hubs favorite)
8 - Add additional dressing (to taste) & final 1/2 cup grated cheese right before serving

On a side-note, woman can live on pasta alone :)