Salad is a mixture of foods, usually including vegetables or fruits, occasionally with a dressing or sauce, occasionally nuts or croutons and sometimes with the addition of meat, fish, pasta or cheese. Salad is often served as an appetizer before a larger meal.The word "salad" comes from the French salade of the same meaning, which in turn is from the Latin salata, "salty", from sal, "salt", (See also sauce, salsa, sausage).

This is a recipe for an easy quick American version of Pasta Carbonara. You can have it on the table in 30 minutes, including garlic bread. Great for a cold night!

A Cold Pasta Salad with a hint of almonds makes it worth to give it a go ahead.

"Gearlog has a USB Noodle Strainer that, quite honestly, resembles a foot bath. It's for making cold soumen noodles when you're presumably too engrossed in battling virtual armies of the undead, or are allergic to kitchens, though the two groups may not be mutually exclusive."

DO set your stove temperature high enough to bring the pasta water to a rapid, rolling boil and maintain that boil throughout the entire cooking time. DON'T rinse the pasta unless you are planning to use it in a cold pasta salad.