Spaghetti Salad

I acquired this recipe from one of my great aunts. I don't know where she got the recipe or even if she really followed one.  That is one thing I have always noticed with my family, ask them for a recipe, and they stare at you, like, are you kidding me, a recipe.  At first, I always thought I was after some secret information or something.  Then years later, I realized and accepted, they just didn't use them.  It was all by taste.

I still made her write something down, and she was so frustrated with me, but she did write the base down, sorta.....

To be quite honest, I don't even have what she wrote down, I just throw it together, just as she did years and years ago.

Spaghetti Salad

16 oz package of spaghetti noodles
One bottle of Italian salad dressing
1/2 bottle or so of salad supreme
Cheese of your choice, I use cheddar
Vegetables of your choice

Cook the spaghetti noodles as instructed on the package, strain, place in a bowl.  Cut, cut dice your vegis. Mix everything together really well, put in the refrigerator and it is done.

You ask how much cheese and vegetables, well, I am going to give the same answer my Aunt gave, how ever much you like.....

"What kind of recipe is that", I asked.  She just looked at me and said, "one that you will keep for the rest of your life."

So far she has been right.  In this batch I used, tomatoes, celery, carrots, green onions.  Only because that is what I had available.  Olives, zucchini  and green pepper, all those vegis work.....

As long as you have the salad dressing, salad supreme and cheese, the rest is up to you.  

I am sure there are recipes out there for this with more detail, but I just stuck to my Aunt's philosophy about whatever you like, and it works.