Melissa's pasta salad

Ingredients needed:

• 12 oz. package Wacky Mac Spiral Pasta
• 16 oz. bottle Wishbone Robusto Italian Dressing
• 7.25 oz. sunflower seeds
• 10 oz. package Bolthouse Farms premium matchstix french-cut carrots
• 6 oz. package DiGiorno shredded parmesan cheese
• 5 oz. (dry weight) sliced black olives

• red onion
• cucumber
• broccoli

• basil
• oregano
• rosemary
• onion powder
• garlic powder

Preparation:

1. Cook the pasta.

2. Dice the onion and cut the broccoli into tiny florets.

3. Skin the cucumber. Cut it in half, remove the seeds with a spoon, then dice it.

4. In a large mixing or serving bowl, combine the following:
   1. salad dressing
   2. garlic powder
   3. onion powder
   4. the herbs (rosemary, oregano, and basil)

5. Then mix in the following:
   1. parmesan cheese
   2. carrots
   3. sunflower seeds

6. Then mix in the following:
   1. broccoli
   2. olives
   3. red onion

7. Then gently stir in the cucumbers (add these last and give them just one gentle mix prior to adding the pasta, because these break up easily).

8. Finally, add the pasta and mix just enough to blend it with the existing mixture.